An image of western toad tadpoles won the Natural History Museum’s 60th annual Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition.

The heritage charity said September’s cold and wet weather meant many plants at its gardens stopped growing and needed harvesting early.

Research by anti-poverty charity Trussell found 670,000 people in Scotland have fallen well below the poverty line, including 170,000 children.

A new cybersecurity competition has been launched by the Government to help uncover the best young talent from across the UK who could go on to have a career in the sector.

Pakistani police have charged the country’s imprisoned former prime minister, Imran Khan, with attempted murder, over the ...

People who face long waits in A&E after fracturing a hip are at higher risk of death, a study suggests. Patients who wait more than four hours are also more likely to have a longer stint in hospital, ...

The First Minister will tell a renewables conference how the North East of Scotland must be “the powerhouse of the renewables revolution”. John Swinney will speak on Wednesday at the Scottish ...

The court ordered the shutdown after a monthslong dispute with Elon Musk on free speech, far-right accounts and misinformation.

A 12-year-old girl is in a stable condition after she was attacked by an XL bully dog. Officers were called to an address in Brynmawr, Blaenau Gwent, at around 5.50pm on Monday, Gwent Police said. The ...

The Met Office has also warned that thunderstorms may cause flooding and road closures across parts of southern England.

Iwao Hakamada was sentenced to death for the murders of four people in 1966 but was not executed, due to Japan’s lengthy ...

The BBC has said it rejects any suggestion its ‘reporting does not convey the true nature of the situation in the Middle East’.