Floods and trees block train lines as Manchester services cancelled and delayed

Energy giant Equinor said its threat to withdraw investment in the North Sea has not changed following the decision to approve Jackdaw.

Alan John Colquhoun, 49, and William Donohoe, 38, used their military knowledge from serving in the British Army to plan an audacious drugs smuggle with three other men.

The revelation came after meeting her celebrity dance partner Will Best's newborn baby son

Kaylub Giamanco, 36, grew emotional recalling how he shot dead Griffin John II, 16, who was shooting at special needs children at Silver Rail Elementary on October 15.

The schoolbags to be given to all new Scots primary pupils following a controversial £6.5million pre-election promise by John Swinney will be made in China.

Follow the latest updates as a yellow wind warning is in force covering Greater Manchester and Cheshire

As the Department for Education launches an urgent recruitment drive following a 12% drop in foster carers, Hyde mum Amy Goldsbrough-Vernon reveals how fostering teenagers transformed her family's life.

Traditional barred doors have been scrapped in Scotland's controversial new high-security jail - prompting furious guards to complain their safety is being put at risk.

Students say soaring accommodation costs are pushing them out of Manchester city centre and into towns such as Stockport and Bolton, where cheaper rents come at the cost of long...

Heavy rain has been forecast across the whole of the country this afternoon - but how long will the second storm of the week last?

The transgender doctor who quit Scotland for a new job in a sun-soaked Australian coastal resort after a high-profile tribunal is at the centre of another gender row.

Planes owned by a firm involved in a crash which killed a teenager and his flying instructor had been the subject of at least five previous investigations by watchdogs.