Bees and wasps also have a claim to the title of Britain's biggest danger. For the 0.5 per cent of the population who are allergic to the venom in their stings, the resulting anaphylaxis can be fatal.

Families in Port Glasgow are being reminded that free school uniform swap days are continuing this month at Boglestone Community Centre.

Newcastle manager Eddie Howe has admitted the situation surrounding unsettled striker Alexander Isak is “far from ideal”. The Magpies rejected a £110million bid for the Sweden international on Friday ...

Patrick McPheely and John Morrow, labourers, were charged at the Police Court to-day charged with having stolen eight semmits belonging to Fleming, Reid & Co. from the Central Station on April 14.

Rescue teams have found a body inside a section of a copper mine in Chile that collapsed two days earlier during a moderate earthquake, the mine’s director said on Saturday. Rescuers have been trying ...

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has also said she plans to introduce a fast-track scheme to tackle the asylum backlog.

Lucy Hargreaves, 22, was asleep on the sofa when three men burst into her home in Walton, Liverpool, on August 3 2005 and fatally injured her.

Countries are meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, where they will hope to break a deadlock in talks for a legally binding agreement on plastics.

As numbers surge this year, Butterfly Conservation said sightings in unexpected places tell an important story about climate change.

The NHS maintained care for an estimated 10,000 more patients during the latest doctors’ strike compared with last year’s industrial action. Early data shows that 93% of planned operations, tests and ...

Kemi Badenoch has said Rachel Reeves is making “even bigger mistakes” than Liz Truss. The Tory leader hit out at the Chancellor and the Prime Minister for their economic decisions as she drew a ...

The Home Secretary plans to introduce a fast-track scheme to tackle the asylum backlog that aims to turn around decisions within weeks. Yvette Cooper said Labour was planning a “major overhaul” of the ...