The 34-year-old apologised for doing 44mph in a 30mph zone and said it may have been due to physical and mental fatigue.

Experts are calling for evidence on the health impact of plastics to be placed at the core of any UN treaty agreed at final talks in November.

Zara Aleena’s murderer has refused to appear in court for a hearing over an alleged “inappropriate relationship” with a prison workshop instructor. Jordan McSweeney, 31, failed to appear via video ...

The member-owned mutual has spent £18 million so far this year on measures to help protect staff in its food business.

The number of people who are classed as being economically inactive due to long-term sickness has risen in recent years. Here the PA news agency looks at what the latest employment statistics show ...

Police are treating the theft of plaques linking to poems from “writers of global heritage” in the South Downs National Park as a racially motivated crime. Sussex Police say that a number of the ...

The first black woman to compete for Great Britain at the Olympic Games has embraced her role as a sporting trailblazer as she was made an MBE. Anita Neil competed in the women’s 100 metres and 4 x ...

More than half a million people are missing out on £2,000 they have left unclaimed in Child Trust Funds, HMRC have warned ...

The Prime Minister repeated his plea for those still in Lebanon to use commercial flights as he urged both sides to de-escalate the conflict.

Professor Sir Gregor Smith also said he needed to hire several deputies to deal with the workload as they attempted to keep ministers informed.

AN IRVINE man caught with a knife in his car claimed to police that he only had the blade to help his escaped dog after it became entangled in fishing wire. Brian Seaton was fined for the offence when ...

Detectives investigating an attempted baby abduction on a train have released a CCTV image of a man they believe can help with their inquiries. British Transport Police (BTP) said a man grabbed a baby ...