Japan’s Fisheries Agency has proposed expanding commercial whaling along the country’s coast to fin whales, a larger species than the three currently permitted. The proposal comes five years after ...

Labour frontbencher Wes Streeting said he has spoken to more Tories considering a defection to the opposition but insisted the party would not accept just any MP after former Conservative Natalie ...

Israel’s singer has insisted the Eurovision Song Contest in Sweden remains “safe for everyone” amid protests against her participating as she made the final. Eden Golan, 20, whose emotional Hurricane ...

An outbreak of whooping cough and a “tug of war” over interest rate cuts lead the Friday papers. The Daily Mail, Metro and the Daily Mirror report on an outbreak of whooping cough that has cost five ...

The National Trust is adding a splash of purple to Shropshire’s “blue remembered hills” as it plants thousands of violets to ...

The SNP’s “incompetence” in government has “hindered” the cause of Scottish independence, former party leader and ex- ...

Loreen has applauded Johnny Logan for singing her winning Eurovision Song Contest track Euphoria on stage during the 2024 competition. The Swedish double winner, who made history as the first woman to ...

The Government is spending billions of pounds every year on compensation for clinical negligence with “no effective plan” to bring these costs down, MPs have warned. These events are a “burden to the ...

Fire chiefs and recycling campaigners have warned that fires caused by discarded batteries in electricals are on the rise, causing damage and spikes in air pollution levels. According to a study by ...

The costs behind a system to help people to see all their pensions together online have jumped by £54 million, with no date yet set for when it will be made available to the public, a spending ...

A Brazilian horse nicknamed Caramelo by social media users who garnered national attention after a television news helicopter filmed him stranded on a rooftop in southern Brazil has been rescued.

A convicted scammer who claimed to be an Irish heiress and who is accused of stealing tens of thousands of dollars from several alleged victims should be extradited to the UK, a federal court in the ...