Days before Senate Republicans pick their new leader, Donald Trump is pressuring the candidates to change the rules and empower him to appoint some nominees without a Senate vote. Republican Senators ...

An artist has commemorated Remembrance Day by painting poppies and soldiers on to used tea bags to honour those who “sacrificed their lives so we can live freely today”. Caroline West, 50, from ...

Marine experts have expressed delight over positive signs that thousands of oysters released into the Firth of Forth are settling in well to their new environment. Heriot-Watt University, one of a ...

The study will use a purified form of the natural compound, with the trial also testing if drugs like aspirin and metformin can prevent the disease.

The Prime Minister is heading to the French capital at the invitation of the French president to attend the annual event.

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 ...

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

The former Take Me Out host is riding 300 miles on his dream childhood bike to raise money for BBC Children In Need.

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

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.

Jonny Huntington, who suffered a brain bleed in 2014, is aiming to become the first disabled person to succeed in this challenge.