The slender-billed curlew could be the first known global bird extinction from mainland Europe, north Africa and west Asia.

New rules are being announced to stop profiteering in children’s social care as part of reforms aimed at ending years of what the Government described as neglect of the system. The watchdog Ofsted is ...

Feelings of “mistrust” and “scepticism” among medics about working with pharmaceutical firms is holding back industry’s potential to help transform NHS patient care, a report has warned. The resources ...

Transport, justice and policing, energy, taxation and welfare are among the powers held by Scotland but currently unavailable to Wales.

The Festivals Forward report surveyed 101 events such as the Edinburgh Fringe, BBC Proms, Cheltenham Festivals and Hay Festival.

Up to 20cm of snow may accumulate in the worst affected areas in the country’s ‘first taste of winter’, the Met Office said.

A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after two people were killed in Manchester, police have said. The 23-year-old suspect has been detained under the Mental Health Act after being assessed ...

Treasury data shows that around three-quarters of farmers will pay nothing in inheritance tax as a result of the controversial changes.

He will be the first British prime minister to meet the Chinese leader in more than half a decade when they hold talks in Rio de Janeiro on Monday.

The Leeds defender was named player of the match after the Dragons held on for a gutsy Nations League draw in Kayseri.

England’s white-ball tour of the Caribbean came to a soggy end as heavy showers in St Lucia led to an abandonment in the final T20 after just five overs were bowled.

The Green Bay Packers blocked a last play field goal to hold on to a 20-19 win over the Chicago Bears. The Bears had started the better of the two teams but Josh Jacobs’ 50th career rushing touchdown ...