The number of fines issues for taking holidays during the school term rose to a record 443,322 in England last year.

The European Union's member states need to increase defence spending to keep pace with the threats facing the continent, its ...

Mark Carney, the frontrunner to be the next Canadian prime minister, has said his country is "going to stand up to a bully" ...

The UK's biggest supermarket Tesco said it does not run tobacco ads, while a spokesperson for Asda said it doesn't advertise ...

A terminally ill man says he has changed his mind on assisted dying since his diagnosis and would now pay for euthanasia. He ...

Officials are examining black boxes from both aircraft and say they appear to be in good condition and may provide details on ...

There is a good chance that inside your mobile phone is a miniscule amount of a metal that started its journey buried in the ...

The system of Atlantic currents, called the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (Amoc), is a key reason why the UK is ...

Campaign groups in Northern Ireland accuse the DfI of spending active travel budget money on ineffective schemes.

A small plane has crashed into several homes in northeast Philadelphia on Friday evening, local police told BBC's US partner ...

Thousands of people have received energy bills that are older than 12 months, despite it being against regulator rules.

NTSB officials say recorders from both aircraft have been recovered in good condition as the investigation into the crash ...