HEAVY rain and strong winds were expected in the Dorset area today as the second storm of the winter season passes through. Storm Benjamin,which has been named by Météo-France, is expected to bring a ...

THE family of a man who drowned after falling from a French quayside have remembered him as “kind, thoughtful and adventurous.” ...

Drivers are warned to be more cautious on the roads between 4pm and 7pm after the clocks go back this weekend.

The Challenge launches casting call for contestants aged 21+ for season 3. Apply now to compete for the $4.56m prize.

Insurance claims by motorists for damage caused by rodents, including nesting in vehicles, chewing wiring and gnawing seatbelts, have jumped, according to an insurer. Aviva said it recorded a 28% ...

A Send taskforce set up by the Institute for Public Policy Research has recommended creating a new system of additional learning support.

UK Energy Secretary Ed Miliband would invite nuclear bosses to Scotland on the first day of a Labour administration at Holyrood in a push for new reactors, he has said.

Reversing the two-child benefit cap would be one of most cost-effective ways of reducing child poverty, a think tank has said ahead of a Budget in which the Chancellor is widely expected to announce ...

The party’s Westminster leader has been tipped by many as a potential minister if the SNP return to government next year.

Rachel Reeves has announced a £500 million investment package for new homes and stronger transport links between Oxford and Cambridge as part of a bid to create “Europe’s Silicon Valley” in southern ...

Isak struggled again before going off but fellow big-money summer signing Hugo Ekitike shone on his return to Frankfurt.

Voters will go to the polls on Thursday in a by-election that could mark a historic shift in Welsh politics. Labour has run the Welsh Parliament since the devolved administration was first established ...