A “very rare” portrait of Robert Burns has sold for more than 160 times its estimated price of about £500. The picture, painted in the manner of Sir Henry Raeburn, fetched £84,320 (including buyer’s ...

Northern Ireland Secretary Hilary Benn warned ‘there is an issue in respect to Northern Ireland’ if the EU brings in countermeasures.

North Somerset Council is no longer using X (formerly Twitter) over concerns the website is now “frankly racist.” ...

Children harmed by a surgeon at the centre of a large probe should be given interim compensation payments, lawyers have said. Last year, Great Ormond Street Hospital (Gosh) launched a review of the ...

Parts of the Duke of Sussex’s appeal against a High Court ruling related to the level of security he is given when he is in the UK will be held in private, the Court of Appeal has ordered.

The judge said Douglas Clifton Brown would be entitled to be released on licence after serving two thirds of his sentence.

BUSINESSES in North Somerset are now able to apply for grants helping them become more energy efficient. North Somerset Council has opened applications for the third round of Green Business Grants ...

British businesses are braced for the impact of the US president’s tariffs, which have the potential to derail the UK Government’s ...

A murder-suicide investigation has been launched into the deaths of a couple in New Zealand, police have said. The couple, who are believed to be British, were found after officers responded to a ...

Across the country as a whole, job vacancies fell by 15.1% in the four months since the budget, compared to the previous four months, the report said.

Sainsbury’s has apologised to customers after it was forced to recall one of its Taste the Difference chocolate bars due to the possible presence of pieces of metal. The supermarket giant has recalled ...

Girls turning 18 in 2025 are projected to have an average of 1.52 children during their life, down from an average of 1.95 children for their mothers and 2.04 children for their g ...