UK News

Edinburgh's Hogmanay is the latest victim of bad weather set to batter the UK over the new year after being cancelled on "public safety grounds".

Former England manager Gareth Southgate, London mayor Sadiq Khan and actor Stephen Fry have been knighted in the New Year Honours.

More than £10m worth of jewellery and £150,000 worth of designer handbags have been stolen from a home in London - prompting the offering of a reward.

Tony Blair's Labour government pushed on with plans to open the UK's borders to Eastern Europe despite mounting concerns from senior ministers, according to newly released official files.

Hundreds of people are being recognised for their services to the country in this year's New Year Honours.

More than 1,200 people from across the UK have made it on to this New Year's honours list, with a lot of famous faces getting recognised. 

The father of a seven-week-old boy who died after being breastfed in a baby carrier is calling for increased safety standards around baby slings.

A British teenager sentenced to one year in prison in Dubai after a "holiday romance" with a 17-year-old girl has surrendered himself to authorities to begin his sentence, according to a campaign group.

There has been a "deadly" rise in reports of people driving the wrong way down England's motorways in the last year, an investigation has found.

Each cigarette a person smokes could shorten their life by 20 minutes, according to new estimates.