Hundreds of schools will close and police have warned people not to travel in the areas affected by a rare red “danger to life” high wind weather warning issued for parts of Scotland on Friday.

Downing Street said the move to soften non-dom reforms does not ‘change the overall approach’ to the Government’s policy.

The Met Office has issued a red warning – the most severe – for wind covering Northern Ireland and parts of Scotland on Friday.

The European Storm Forecast Experiment, a team of meteorologists, said London was among the areas at risk of seeing “tornado events”. The researchers said: “Given rapid translation of thunderstorms, ...

John Swinney said police would issue a formal do not travel notice later for the area covered by the red weather warning for wind on Friday the peak of Storm Eowyn. Forecasters wa ...

It comes as parents face higher fines this academic year if they take their children out of class without permission.

A High Court judge ordered child-killer Axel Rudakubana to be removed from the dock as the full horror of the “sadistic” murders of three children in Southport were outlined. Liverpool Crown Court was ...

Mr Davie spoke to the Scottish Parliament’s Culture Committee on Thursday, alongside BBC Scotland director Hayley Valentine and finance director Rhona Burns. Tim Davie spoke to ...

An average of 41 of patients ready to leave hospital last week were discharged each day, according to data from NHS England.

The brass instruments can be heard on Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, which was released by the group in 1967 and was number one in the UK charts for 23 straight weeks. Two of the four French ...

Young families will be given priority for social housing in one north London borough under a policy shake-up. Haringey Council is changing the way it decides how it homes should be given out, to give ...