A fashion designer and her two children have died in a house fire that destroyed their home in the early hours of Boxing Day despite the efforts of her police officer husband to save his family.

Two fire engines and a technical rescue unit were still in attendance at the scene in the village of Hamstreet, in Ashford.

The National Trust’s annual round up of the year shows the impacts of climate-fuelled extremes on landscapes and wildlife.

The activist, recently released after years of detention in Egypt, wrote tweets which appeared to show him calling for violence against Zionists.

A mother and her two young children died in a house fire that destroyed their home in the early hours of Boxing Day despite the efforts of her husband to save his family, police said. Emergency ...

Sticking your head out of the window of a taxi or exiting before it stops this New Year's Eve could end in a disaster, and see you breaking the law.

As Christmas approached the second named storm of the season, Storm Bram, ensured 2025 ended as it began. Storm Eowyn had caused widespread damage in January before daffodils and new-born lambs ...

Edinburgh’s Hogmanay events are set to go ahead as planned after being cancelled last year due to a storm. The four-day festival begins on Monday with a torchlight procession including vikings, ...

A yellow warning for snow and ice has been issued for parts of Scotland from 6am on New Year’s Day until midnight on January 2.

The US is offering Ukraine security guarantees for 15 years as part of a proposed peace plan, Volodymyr Zelensky has said. The Ukrainian president said he would prefer a commitment of up to 50 years ...

The Severn Valley Railway will welcome the New Year in spectacular style with the return of its popular Winter Steam Gala. The heritage railway will be offering an unmissable two-day festival of steam ...

A Reform UK spokesman said the Tories cannot be trusted amid the ongoing row over Alaa Abd El-Fattah’s citizenship.