The National Trust says 2024 was good for trees, heather and seals but bad for bees, butterflies, bats and natterjack toads.

Willy’s Chocolate Experience proved to be a sparsely-decorated flop (Felicia Dawkins/PA) Visitors paid up to £35 a ticket for what promised to be a confectionery-themed wonderland, but disappointed ...

The National Trust’s review of the year’s wildlife and weather sees past drought give way to wet, mild conditions in 2024.

NHS Blood and Transplant said the organs were provided by 11 donors after death and included a heart, lungs, kidneys, livers, pancreas and bowel.

Record-breaking adventurer Preet Chandi, 36, of Derby, wants to set off in March and hopes to complete the trek in around 70 days.

Stormontgate in 2002 led to the suspension of devolution and the reintroduction of direct rule in Northern Ireland.

The Northern Ireland Office (NIO) should have done more to offer protection to murdered solicitor Rosemary Nelson, a top official accepted “in hindsight”, according to newly released documents. Mrs ...

Tony Blair attempted to amend a Gerry Adams statement on IRA disarmament, newly unsealed documents show. On April 27 2003, then-Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams gave a lengthy address on the ...

The UK does not “make as much use of open prisons” as it could, a former Conservative justice minister has suggested. David Gauke, who is leading the Government’s sentencing review, also told the ...

The billionaire’s control of X, formerly Twitter, has helped him expand his impact offline over the last 12 months.

Aviation experts have said that Russian air defence fire was probably responsible for the Azerbaijani plane crash that killed 38 people and left all 29 survivors injured. Azerbaijan Airlines’ Embraer ...

New research has found that 32 of men are planning to forego booze next month amid concerns for their fitness, mental health and finances.