A warning about a fallen tree on a railway line made 12 minutes before it was hit by a train at 84mph was not passed on to the driver, an investigation has found. The driver’s cab of the ScotRail ...

The weather service said conditions ‘should not play a factor’ in any disruption to roads over the next few days.

Manchester City’s miserable run continued at the weekend as they were beaten at Aston Villa. It was a ninth defeat in 12 games in all competitions and they sit seventh in the Premier League at ...

The two women and five men were convicted of a range of offences last year which the trial judge said plunged ‘the depths of human depravity’.

Officers have been trawling a landfill site in Essex for the body of Cumali Turhan, who was last seen in Chelmsford in the early hours of ...

Driven Jack Draper believes he has the right formula to challenge Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner in 2025. The 22-year-old took big strides in the game this year, climbing from outside the top 60 to ...

Claire Button, 35, appeared at Southend Magistrates’ Court on Monday charged over the death of five-year-old Lincoln Button.

Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip have killed at least 20 people, Palestinian medics said. One of the strikes hit a tent camp in the Muwasi area, an Israel-declared humanitarian zone, killing ...

England head coach Jon Lewis says his side are in “a really good place” for the upcoming Ashes series in Australia, which he describes as cricket’s “hardest challenge”. Lewis’ side bounced back from ...

Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu will lead a pro-European administration after the presidential election was annulled, deepening a political crisis.

A fire at a Birmingham shop hit by a car sounded “like a bomb went off” according to local residents, as police investigate suspected arson. West Midlands Police said it understood a “vehicle hit the ...

School and nursery pupils across the region have raised more than £30,000 for St John's Hospice. Around 14,000 children from 70 schools in North Lancashire, the South Lakes, and parts of North ...