With food supplies dwindling, families were having to make do with what they could scrape together for the three-day feast.

Green industries have praised proposals to require solar panels and heat pumps in new build homes but housebuilders warned that too much bureaucracy to install them could harm efforts to hit housing ...

With that, here is the weekend weather forecast for Bridport, West Bay and Lyme Regis: Saturday: Yellow weather warning. Highs of 18C. Sunday: Sunny intervals. Highs of 18C. Monday: Sunny intervals.

Anas Sarwar is hoping the results of the Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse by-election could help Labour oust the SNP in the 2026 Holyrood election.

Maro Itoje, 30, co-founded an artists’ residency that hosts creators at The King’s Foundation’s headquarters in Scotland.

Kemi Badenoch has insisted that the Conservatives are still the main opposition to Labour despite her party slumping to fourth in a Holyrood by-election this week.

Sir Winston Churchill became increasingly frustrated Britain had not been able to produce enough penicillin in preparation for the Normandy landings.

Forecasters said Saturday is expected to be a very showery day, with frequent heavy showers – some thundery – with gusty winds and hail. Up to 40mm of rain could fall over the course of a few hours – ...

Allwyn has warned retailers it will need to carry out the tech switchover ‘one weekend’ over the summer months.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has said his meeting with President Donald Trump convinced him that the US administration is open to discussion on key issues. Mr Merz described his Oval Office ...

The Court of Appeal should uphold the convictions of a nurse who was jailed for the murders of four elderly patients, lawyers for the Crown Prosecution Service have told the court. Colin Campbell, ...

Here is what is known about the new Covid NB.1.8.1 variant from cases in the UK, symptoms, what the World Health Organisation has said and more.