AN animal charity has launched a new national art competition to encourage animal lovers to draw rescue pets. Blue Cross' competition aims to raise awareness for the increasing number of homeless pets ...

ALDI has asked the public to help identify new store locations across Worcestershire. The UK's fourth-largest supermarket chain is inviting customers to suggest areas where new stores should be opened ...

North Korea fired several types of short-range ballistic missiles into its eastern sea, adding to a run of military displays that raised tensions in the region. South Korea’s military on Thursday said ...

April was the 21st month in the last 22 for which the global average temperature was more than 1.5C above the pre-industrial ...

A 99-year-old veteran who fought in the Normandy campaign after lying about his age has spoken of his “relief” at learning the war in Europe had come to an end. Born in London in 1925, Donald Turrell ...

Alexander Churchill, 10, will take part in a thanksgiving service marking the 80th anniversary of VE Day at Westminster Abbey on Thursday.

Ten-year-old Alexander Churchill, the great-great-grandson of wartime prime minister Sir Winston Churchill, will light a candle of peace.

The embassy in Kensington, west London, is understood to have been the target of the alleged plot, according to The Times and other press outlets, but police declined to share further details. In a ...

Energy firm ScottishPower is building offshore cables to carry wind power from Scotland to England, in a move ministers say will bring down bills.

The cost of sending a child to a state secondary school is £2,275 a year – and the cost for primary school exceeds £1,000 a year, ...