Temperatures plummeted to minus 6.1C in the coldest May night in five years, the Met Office said, and although conditions are set to be warmer later in the week, thunderstorms are also on the cards.

The SNP is set to “gobble up” constituency seats at Holyrood but the “odds are against” John Swinney’s party winning an ...

Students and staff from Outwood Academy Riverside toured their new Middlehaven campus in Middlesbrough, currently under construction near ...

The boss of B&Q owner Kingfisher has announced plans to step down after nearly seven years to head up Netherlands-headquartered ​supermarket group Ahold Delhaize. Thierry Garnier’s exact departure ...

Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi has told his Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi that China is “deeply distressed” over the war that has lasted more than two months and said a “comprehensive ceasefire ...

The Green leader faced calls from his political opponents to ‘come clean’ and correct the record about the claim.

Russia has fired dozens of drones at Ukraine in night-time attacks, Ukrainian officials said, disregarding a unilateral ceasefire announced by Kyiv that began at midnight.

Funding of £200,000 to stage one of British cycling’s biggest events will be discussed by North Yorkshire councillors to help to promote ...

Greg Johnson, chairman of the Darlington Piano Society, said: “Opportunities to bring a pianist of such standing to Darlington are as rare as hen’s teeth and to have the chance of doing so during Jean ...

Airports should be banned from serving alcohol to passengers before early morning flights, Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary has said. He said the measure would reduce the number of passengers who were ...

Voters are set to go to the polls on Thursday for the Scottish and Welsh parliaments, as well as for local councils across England.

It came as the firm, which has 794 managed pubs and 21 franchise sites, revealed slower sales growth over the latest quarter.