It hopes to start supplying energy to homes and businesses in England, Scotland and Wales as soon as next year.

Ministers are considering cutting the drink-drive limit in England and Wales and introducing mandatory eye tests for older drivers.

The former first minister of Scotland has recalled being hit by a ‘wave of grief’ after hearing of his death in October last year.

Biddy Baxter, the pioneering television producer who transformed Blue Peter into a national institution, has died aged 92, the BBC said. Born Joan Maureen Baxter in Leicester to Bryan Reginald Baxter ...