Chairwoman Baroness Heather Hallett said ‘radical reform is required in the crucial area of planning and resilience’.

Van der Merwe is the second high-profile Scotland back to have an injury issue ahead of the Lions tour after Sione Tuipulotu suffered a serious pectoral issue which kept him out of the recent Six ...

Hoads Wood was described as an ‘environmental disaster’ by local people after it was buried under landfill waste.

The Met Office has issued an amber wildfire warning for most of the UK, because of persistent warm weather. The warning is in place for most of England, including London, Dover in Kent and Wiltshire ...

Marcus La Croix, 37, is accused alongside Michael Clarke, 35, of murdering 17-year-old Tanesha Melbourne-Blake during a ‘ride-out’ in ...

Ireland’s opposition parties have been accused of engaging in “cynical strategies of aggression and disruption” by premier Micheal Martin as the confidence motion gets under way.

Semi-automated offside technology will be introduced in Premier League matches from April 12, the league has announced.

Mr Booker’s speech was not a filibuster, which is a speech meant to halt the advance of a specific piece of legislation. Instead, Mr Booker’s performance was a broader critique of Mr Trump’s agenda, ...

Camilla hosted a reception at Clarence House on Tuesday for the SafeLives charity which aims to eradicate domestic abuse.

Mr Flynn is one of a number of current and former SNP MPs – many of whom lost their seats in the party’s catastrophic election result last summer – to announce they will seek selection for Holyrood, ...

Two teenagers are understood to be among three killed during a collision between a bus and a car near a prison in west London. The car is believed to have hit the bus on a narrow railway bridge on ...

The 42-year-old magician was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease in his teens and has battled with his health in recent years.