A respected broadcaster and the first woman appointed as Lord Justice Clerk of Scotland have been awarded honorary degrees at the University of St Andrews. TV and radio broadcaster Kirsty Young and ...

Platforms face fines if they fail to take reasonable steps to remove accounts of Australian children younger than 16.

The wife of the German president has read a Christmas story to children at a primary school in south-east London as part of a historic state visit. Elke Budenbender, wife of Frank-Walter Steinmeier, ...

The Penrith and Solway MP rebelled and voted against the Government’s plans to impose inheritance tax on farmers on Tuesday night.

Lebanon’s prime minister said his country was “far from” diplomatic normalisation or economic relations with Israel, despite a move towards direct negotiations between the two countries aimed at ...

An independent review into the State’s dealings with the family of missing Irish schoolboy Kyran Durnin has found that what happened “could not have been anticipated”.

So far, in 2025, Bridgwater Town Council has spent £20,736 on Christmas lights. This is set to increase to around £35,000, once costs relating to repairs and renewals have been accounted for. In 2024, ...

A proposal to introduce Sunday parking charges in car parks across Somerset will be deferred after a public consultation ...

The arrest of Federica Mogherini, who led the EU foreign service from 2014 to 2019, risked tarnishing the EU’s international image just as it seeks to assert influence in negotiations aimed at ending ...

Planning for any future pandemics must include the impact on the economy, a former Stormont minister has said. DUP MLA Diane Dodds, who served as economy minister from January 2020 to June 2021, also ...

Hamas has said recovering bodies is complicated by the widespread devastation in Gaza. Israel has pushed to speed up the ...

South East Water has issued a ‘boil water notice’ for homes in and around Tunbridge Wells who have been without water since Saturday evening.