With food supplies dwindling, families were having to make do with what they could scrape together for the three-day feast.

Green industries have praised proposals to require solar panels and heat pumps in new build homes but housebuilders warned that too much bureaucracy to install them could harm efforts to hit housing ...

Anas Sarwar is hoping the results of the Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse by-election could help Labour oust the SNP in the 2026 Holyrood election.

Kemi Badenoch has insisted that the Conservatives are still the main opposition to Labour despite her party slumping to fourth in a Holyrood by-election this week.

Maro Itoje, 30, co-founded an artists’ residency that hosts creators at The King’s Foundation’s headquarters in Scotland.

Sir Winston Churchill became increasingly frustrated Britain had not been able to produce enough penicillin in preparation for the Normandy landings.

Forecasters said Saturday is expected to be a very showery day, with frequent heavy showers – some thundery – with gusty winds and hail. Up to 40mm of rain could fall over the course of a few hours – ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has said his meeting with President Donald Trump convinced him that the US administration is open to discussion on key issues. Mr Merz described his Oval Office ...

The Court of Appeal should uphold the convictions of a nurse who was jailed for the murders of four elderly patients, lawyers for the Crown Prosecution Service have told the court. Colin Campbell, ...

Allwyn has warned retailers it will need to carry out the tech switchover ‘one weekend’ over the summer months.

Russia bombarded six regions of Ukraine on Friday in one of its largest aerial attacks of the three-year war, Ukrainian officials have said. The night-time assault lasted for hours and killed three ...

CALL The Midwife, the hit BBC drama, will be discussed by Stephen McGann and writer Heidi Thomas at Chester Storyhouse on Sunday.