A powerful 6.3 magnitude earthquake has shaken northern Afghanistan, killing at least 20 people and injuring more than 500 others, a health official said. The US Geological Survey said the quake’s ...

Searches have resumed for a flamingo named Frankie that escaped from a wildlife sanctuary in Cornwall. Paradise Park, near Hayle, said that it was “worried” about Frankie, who has been missing for ...

A pregnant British teenager held over drug smuggling offences in Georgia said she is “happy” to be released from prison. Bella May Culley, 19, who is eight months pregnant, was arrested at Tbilisi ...

University of Dundee staff are to take five days of strike action next week in a dispute over job cuts. The action by University and College Union (UCU) members comes after they walked out earlier ...

Safi Dawood is charged with the murder of 49-year-old Wayne Broadhurst on October 27, as well as attempting to murder two others.

A pregnant British teenager held over drug smuggling offences in Georgia is to be released from prison. Bella May Culley, 19, who is eight months pregnant, was arrested at Tbilisi Airport in May.

Paramedics assessed 87 people after the Glasgow to Euston Avanti West Coast service came off the tracks near the village of Shap on Monday morning.

Health officials in Gaza have said Israel has handed over the bodies of 45 Palestinians. Zaher al-Wahidi, a spokesperson at the Gaza health ministry, said Nasser Hospital in Gaza received the bodies ...

Engineers at three Speyside distilleries, including for the famous Macallan whisky, have announced a series of strikes starting next week. In a dispute over rota changes, engineers at Edrington’s ...

Manufacturing production increased for the first time in a year last month after a boost from restarts at Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) factories following its cyber attack, according to new figures.