Cherry blossoms, or ‘sakura’, are Japan’s favourite flower and usually reach their peak in late March to early April.

Three people have been charged in connection with a multi-million-pound fraud at a leading sixth form in Wales. South Wales Police have charged two men and a woman in connection with suspected ...

A retired teacher was killed by cows which repeatedly attacked him after he was tossed into the air during a walk with his friend along Hadrian’s Wall, an inquest has heard. Cattle with their calves ...

Sarah Pochin, a former Conservative councillor and mayor for Cheshire East, will be the party’s candidate for the upcoming by-election.

Professor Sean Semple, of Stirling University, said homes are the ‘primary environment’ where youngsters are exposed to tobacco smoke.

People watched on in silence, some wiping away tears, as the funeral cortege passed en route to Monday’s service.

Christopher Farrow was jailed for life in 2000 for the murder of mother-of-two Wendy Speakes in West Yorkshire in March 1994.

Several of the schools across the counties of Fermanagh, Tyrone and Antrim closed as a precaution on Monday morning.

The ICRIR said no sensitive information had been disclosed but said an internal investigation is now under way.

The council’s Bus Service Improvement Plan (BSIP) includes improved services for Yeovil and Bridgwater including evening journeys, continued evening services for Taunton and on-going support for ...

French actor Gerard Depardieu went on trial in Paris on charges of sexually assaulting two women on a movie set, in a case seen as a potential watershed for the #MeToo movement in France.

The SNP is “back in business”, First Minister John Swinney has insisted – as he added he is “very optimistic” for next year’s Holyrood elections.