Southern California Edison said its equipment could have been responsible for the Hurst fire which hit the Sylmar neighbourhood of the city.

Three men have been arrested in connection with thousands of tonnes of illegal waste dumped in an ancient woodland. Hoad’s Wood, a beauty spot in Ashford, Kent – designated a site of special ...

Tory MP David Simmonds urged the Government to learn ‘some of the lessons that we need to draw out’ of coal pit closures for the ...

London is bracing for cold weather after a yellow cold-health alert is set to be in place for five days. The alert will be in place from 9am Friday, February 7, until 9am on Tuesday, February 11, with ...

Awaab’s law to force social landlords to fix dangerous damp and mould will come into force in October. The legislation is named after two-year-old Awaab Ishak, who died as a direct result of exposure ...

The Stormont Executive has allocated more than £17 million to repair damage caused by Storm Eowyn. The storm in January brought high-speed gusts which left a record number of people in Northern ...

A points failure at a busy station in London is causing disruption on several train services. The issue was first reported between London Euston and Watford Junction at 4.50pm today (February 6). This ...

The children of Sean McGrath have described their devastation at their father’s death, three weeks after he was injured in the Omagh bombing.

Irv Gotti, a music mogul who founded Murder Inc Records and was behind major hip-hop and R&B artists such as Ashanti and Ja Rule, has died. He was 54. Def Jam Recordings, which was the parent company ...

The base rate fell to 4.5 on Thursday, but the Bank halved the UK’s economic growth forecast for this year while predicting surging inflation.

A friend and a neighbour of a West Hampstead family who lost everything - including their beloved dog - in a house fire are both raising money ...