Around 100 people gathered outside the University of London’s Senate House Library in central London on Tuesday evening.

It is absolutely vital that scientists and governments keep preparations “alive and well” in case of any future pandemic, an epidemiologist has said. Professor Mark Woolhouse said it is important to ...

Black smoke was seen pouring from an industrial unit in Broomlee Road, Cumbernauld, North Lanarkshire, on Tuesday. A total of ...

Democratic senator Cory Booker broke the record for the longest speech on the US Senate floor with a marathon critique of president Donald Trump. The New Jersey official took to the floor on Monday ...

Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander said she would have struggled to sleep if she were running Heathrow airport during last week’s power outage. She made the comment following a report that the ...

The number of contactless card transactions made in 2024 increased by 3.4% annually, according to UK Finance data. Some 18.9 billion contactless transactions were made in 2024 – a 3.4% increase ...

Santander has recorded a jump in older adults aged 80-plus and younger adults aged 34 and under reporting being scammed.

The Department for Education said the funding has been boosted to £37 million to help with expansion of funded childcare.

It was revealed that 2024 was the fifth-worst year on record for butterflies, with 51 of the UK’s 59 species declining. It was also the worst year on record for species like the small tortoiseshell, ...

A senior UK Catholic leader has criticised the “deeply flawed process” by which the assisted dying Bill is progressing through Parliament, as the MP behind it told of her frustration at opponents ...

An assessment of “regenerative agriculture” – which focuses on improving soils, producing food and increasing farmland wildlife – found good evidence that minimising bare soils, for example by growing ...