Derek ‘Benny’ Bennett, 72, served in Northern Ireland, Cyprus and the Middle East during 25 years in the Army.

The ‘nextdoor nature’ programme by the Wildlife Trusts has worked with 1,600 communities in the past two years.

Around 30,000 oysters have been released into the estuary since September last year under the Restoration Forth project.

An artificial intelligence tool being trialled in the NHS picks up relevant medical information while filtering out background chatter.

The Dartford Crossing consists of a bridge and two tunnels, which connect Thurrock in Essex with Dartford in Kent.

The latest UN climate talks kick off this week against a backdrop devastating weather extremes, record heat and Donald Trump’s re-election as US President.

Costs to councils to cover social care for working age and lifelong disabled adults could top £17 billion by 2030, projections have suggested amid a warning the proposed National Care Service risks ...

TV presenter Paddy McGuinness has said he was pushed to his “absolute limits” by Sir Chris Hoy while preparing for his BBC Children In Need ultra-endurance cycle challenge. The former host of Top Gear ...

Scottish Football Association chief executive Ian Maxwell has told how he suffered an eyecare emergency that could have cost him the sight in one eye just before the Euros. He almost missed Scotland’s ...

Rita Ora has remembered former One Direction singer Liam Payne with a tearful tribute at the MTV Europe Music Awards (EMAs). The singer died at the age of 31 after falling from a third-floor balcony ...

He will be the first Prime Minister to join the commemorations in France since Winston Churchill did so in 1944.

Draft assisted dying laws will feature the “strictest protections” against coercion anywhere in the world, the MP who tabled the proposed legislation at Westminster has promised, with the Bill ...