Tributes have poured in for a blind Scottish historian and author who died aged 87 after a short illness. Dr Fred Reid, originally from Glasgow, died on March 29 and, on Thursday April 17, his son and ...

The Prison Service will investigate whether frontline staff should be given protective body armour following an attack on officers at HMP Frankland, the Justice Secretary has said. The guards were ...

Killer motorist Neil Pemberton was a “prime example” of why eyesight self-certification for driving licences does not protect road users, a coroner has said. Pemberton, 81, was jailed for 32 months ...

Pianist and former judge on the TV series The Piano, Lang Lang, has said the show inspired him to launch a new programme to support children facing significant challenges, saying “music is the best ...

Judges at the International Criminal Court want Hungary to explain why it failed to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu when he visited Budapest earlier this month. In a filing released ...

A cable car carrying tourists south of Naples crashed after the cable snapped, killing at least four people and injuring one. Italy’s alpine rescue was responding to the accident at Monte Faito in the ...

Dozens more people are undergoing screening as potential jurors for Harvey Weinstein’s New York rape retrial. The panel started taking shape on Wednesday, when five women and four men were picked for ...

The Supreme Court ruling on the definition of a woman could “gravely affect very vulnerable prisoners”, a solicitor said. The comments follow the judgment by the UK’s highest court on Wednesday, that ...

A group of Irish writers has called on the government to protect their work from AI technologies. The group, led by the Irish Writers Union (IWU), submitted a petition with over 1,500 signatures to ...

Rachel Reeves has said she will be having “conversations with the US administration” next week as the UK looks to secure a trade deal with Washington. The UK is hoping a deal can help stave off the ...

The Government risked “throwing good money after bad” in its negotiations over the Scunthorpe steelworks, the Chancellor has said. Taking questions about whether ministers would bring the North ...

Silver cutlery designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh has been sold for £175,200, nearly six times its estimate. The cutlery set sold on Thursday by fine art auctioneers Lyon & Turnbull consisted of a ...