Hamas released seven hostages into the custody of the Red Cross on Monday, the first to be released as part of a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war. There was no immediate information on their ...

Around 300,000 people have protested against proposals to make changes to the way drugs are approved for NHS use. Last week it was reported that the health service in England may need to pay more for ...

Bridgwater Arts Centre will host an acoustic night on Thursday, October 16, from 7pm to 9pm. The event takes place on the third Thursday of each month and is free to attend. Organisers have encouraged ...

Political activist Tommy Robinson is to appear in court after he was charged with failing to provide police with the Pin to his mobile phone. The 42-year-old, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, ...

The UK’s longest-surviving heart and lung transplant recipient has described how she was given the “gift of a normal life”. Katie Mitchell had a combined heart and lung transplant 38 years ago.

Ambassador Cruise Line, which commissioned the research, described grandparents as ‘the anchors of family units across the country’.

Revulsion with Westminster’s “race to the right” will push Scots towards independence, John Swinney will tell SNP members as he closes the party’s conference on Monday.

Academy Award-winning director Sir Sam Mendes has accepted an invitation to be the newest patron of Purbeck Film Festival, saying he is “delighted” to be involved. Members of the Fox acting family ...

It plans to halt the sale of traditional copper-based phone and broadband services in a bid to encourage people to upgrade to digital.

A group of international scientists warned that several of Earth’s systems are rapidly approaching dangerous thresholds as temperatures rise.

Boothby Wildland, the first ‘landscape recovery’ scheme supported by the Government, aims to be an ‘exemplar’ in using private finance ...