Would you be able to turn off your water if a pipe bursts in your home? Wessex Water is encouraging its customers to be prepared.

Russian authorities set up an emergency command centre to fight a fire at the facility near Engels, in the Saratov region.

Piers Fearick’s picture of a yellowhammer claimed the first prize in the wildlife category of the South Downs National Park’s annual competition.

Aziz Ziriat and Sam Harris have not been seen or heard from since January 1 and they did not check in for their flight home on January 6.

A yellow alert for Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Moray, the Highlands, Western Isles, Orkney and Shetland runs until midnight on Thursday.

The economist said three years is an ‘inappropriate length of time’ for a final report from the new commission into social care.

Tributes have been paid to a 14-year-old aspiring rapper who was stabbed to death on a bus in south-east London on Tuesday afternoon. The boy, who has not been formally identified by police, was ...

In general, people are feeling more positive about their finances for 2025 than a year ago, research for Aegon indicates.

In another Division Four match Lyme Regis Reserves picked up a welcome three points with a 4-2 success against Cullompton Rangers Reserves.