Nick Cave has said that the death of Marianne Faithfull at the age of 78 means a loss of “not just a fiercely unique talent, but the stored knowledge of a generation”. Tributes have come flooding in ...

On Downdetector, there are currently more than 1,200 reports of the Barclays banking services being down. With 55% reporting issues with mobile banking, 37% with online banking and 8% with bill pay.

Transport Secretary Fiona Hyslop praised Network Rail staff for working in ‘difficult circumstances’ to clear all routes.

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Kemi Badenoch has dismissed Reform UK as a “protest party” as Nigel Farage prepares to hold a rally in her constituency. The Conservative leader told broadcasters she was “not at all” worried about ...

Dame Emily Thornberry has said the BBC World Service “must be preserved – if we lose it, we won’t be able to get it back”, ahead of the funding settlement for the broadcaster.

Police officer numbers in England and Wales have been rising for several years, though there are signs this trend may have levelled off, with a handful of forces recording a drop in recent months.

The family of two sisters who vanished earlier this month have been informed after a woman’s body was found in a river close to where they were last seen. The body was recovered from the River Dee in ...

One eBay seller listed a colourful Peter Rabbit 50p coin from the Royal Mint’s Beatrix Potter collection and got £320 for it. On the heads side, a portrait of the late Queen Elizabeth can be seen with ...

Rhys Herbert, known as the rapper Digga D, denied supplying up to 60kg of cannabis during a trial of facts in December.

Rescuers have freed a whale that became entangled in a rope at a fish farm off the Isle of Skye. A member of the public spotted the humpback in difficulty at the Invertote salmon farm and contacted ...

Three appeal judges ruled a week ago that the judges involved in historic family court proceedings concerning Sara could be named.