The slender-billed curlew could be the first known global bird extinction from mainland Europe, north Africa and west Asia.

The Festivals Forward report surveyed 101 events such as the Edinburgh Fringe, BBC Proms, Cheltenham Festivals and Hay Festival.

Lasers that harness bacteria’s natural ability to convert sunlight into energy could power missions to Mars and provide a source of clean energy on Earth, scientists have announced. The technology is ...

Up to 20cm of snow may accumulate in the worst affected areas in the country’s ‘first taste of winter’, the Met Office said.

Plaid Cymru is calling for Wales to be given the same powers of control as Scotland. Transport, crown estate, justice and policing, energy, taxation and welfare are among the powers held by Scotland ...

A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after two people were killed in Manchester, police have said. The 23-year-old suspect has been detained under the Mental Health Act after being assessed ...

He will be the first British prime minister to meet the Chinese leader in more than half a decade when they hold talks in Rio de Janeiro on Monday.

A rare Israeli strike in central Beirut killed the Hezbollah militant group’s chief spokesman on Sunday, while an Israeli ...

Actor Daniel Portman has praised Glasgow’s booming film industry and said that Scotland “has the best storytellers in the world”. Portman described it as a “bucket list” dream to appear in Black ...

Ashley Storrie joked that if her mother had been at the ceremony, she would have been ‘making it all about her’.

Sports presenter Hazel Irvine, 59, advised aspiring broadcasters to ‘read, read, read, and write, write, write’ and pursue their dreams.

Glastonbury festival-goers who managed to snap up tickets before they sold out in less than 40 minutes have said they are “exited” to be among the lucky few going to the event in Worthy Farm, Somerset ...