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.

Two environmental organisations have been granted permission for a legal challenge on the Rosebank and Jackdaw offshore oil and gas fields in the North Sea. Greenpeace UK and Uplift’s legal grounds ...

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 ...

POLICE are asking for the public’s help to find a 15-year-old who could have travelled to the Cheddar area. Sarai was last seen on Sunday, September 22. A spokesperson said: “The 15-year-old was last ...

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

The European Central Bank cut its key interest rate on September 12 from 3.75% to 3.5% for the second time to prop up tepid growth with lower borrowing costs for companies and home buyers.

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 ...

Deveca Rose, who had arrived back at Collingwood Road to find her house on fire, claimed she had left the children with a friend called Jade.

Firefighters and police evacuated residents on Tuesday at Billing Aquadrome holiday park, Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service said.

The deaths of Child O and Child P on successive days in 2016 led to the removal of the nurse from the Countess of Chester Hospital’s neonatal unit.

David Garland, 39, and Jack Rance, 28, both of no fixed abode, have now been charged with murdering Mr Wheeler along with Mark Roberts, 38, and Reuben Clare, 18, both of Yeovil. The four defendants ...

Workers have voted overwhelmingly to accept pay offers from train companies and Network Rail. Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) backed a one-year rise of 4.5% at Network Rail (NR ...