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Conservationists say it is ‘a moment we’ve all been hoping for’ in efforts to reintroduce red-billed choughs to the county.
Rising temperatures are posing new challenges for firefighters who have made incremental progress against a massive wildfire ...
A set of 10 stamps from Royal Mail will pay tribute to “one of Britain’s most influential and enduring comedy troupes” – Monty Python. The main collection of six stamps celebrates characters from ...
The band, who play Murrayfield this weekend, performed at the Edinburgh stadium in 2009 and proved to be a real ‘shakermaker’.
Kemi Badenoch said she was still a ‘cultural Christian’ but had ‘rejected God’ after revelations about the Austrian sex offender.
A British man has been charged by US police with the attempted murder of his daughter-in-law after allegedly trying to drown her in a swimming pool while on holiday, local authorities said.
The paper said: “Around one in four councils would see real-terms falls in overall funding under the Government’s proposals, with around 30 on the lowest funding floors seeing real-terms cuts of 11–12 ...
The new series of BBC drama Father Brown, starring Mark Williams and Tom Chambers, will also feature Dame Maureen Lipman in a guest appearance.
Lynx could thrive if released in Northumberland – and 72% of people in the region where they would roam support reintroducing the elusive cat, research has found. One of only two native cat species in ...
Almost one in five (19%) of doctors are considering quitting being a doctor in the UK, the General Medical Council (GMC) said. And one in eight (12%) are considering leaving the UK to work abroad, ...
Universities have been warning of financial pressures due to uncertainty about the recruitment of overseas students.