A total of 88,238 people were in jail as of Monday, up 231 on the previous week, the Ministry of Justice said.

The national weather authority, Meteo-France, placed 12 departments on red alert, France’s highest heat warning, anticipating exceptional heat stretching from the Atlantic coast to the Mediterranean ...

The Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information (ICRIR) has been tasked with probing outstanding cases from the NI Troubles.

Firefighters remain at the scene of a gorse blaze on Arthur’s Seat in Edinburgh which broke out on Sunday afternoon. Emergency services were called to the scene at around 4.05pm on August 10. Fire ...

Millionaires who scooped National Lottery wins cleared litter and plastics from Bamburgh beach in Northumberland.

The keen hiker had been on a family holiday in Northern Ireland, when he took a solo visit to see the natural beauty spot on the region’s north coast. His body was found on February 23 at the Giant’s ...

A group of travellers have set up an unauthorised camp in a field near a police station in Dorset. Dorset Police received a report yesterday afternoon relating to an unauthorised encampment off Granby ...

PORTLAND United suffered defeat at the hands of a well-drilled Hamble Club on Saturday in the Wessex League. With the sun beating down and a stiff breeze swirling across the Island, both teams came ...

AMBULANCE and fire chiefs have come together to discuss the future of fire-co-responders across the south west.

A heatwave is set to arrive in Dorset next week. A combination of high pressure and a southerly airflow will see temperatures rise for much of the UK, with temperatures reaching as high as 28 degrees ...

The tailbacks are on the A35 from the roundabout to the Stadium Roundabout, along the A37 to Weirs Roundabout, along Bridport Road, and along the A35 towards the Tilly Whim Lane turn-off. It is ...

Will Jacks is enjoying his cricket again and fully embracing the mantra of England head coach Brendon McCullum to have fun. Jacks was dropped by England midway through last June’s T20 World Cup and ...