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Nick Frost has said he 'will not let Robbie Coltrane down' after being confirmed as Hagrid in the HBO Harry Potter series. The English comedian and actor has been announced as one of the many stars ...

Police officers are carrying out early morning patrols in a national park to help protect a rare bird species at risk of extinction. Wildlife crime officers are patrolling the Cairngorms National Park ...

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A man who murdered his friend following a row over a “childish” prank he played on him has been jailed for a minimum of 18 years. Matthew Higgins, 36, shaved off one of 37-year-old David Eaton’s ...

The Foreign Secretary told the London Sudan Conference it is ‘morally wrong’ to give up on the north-east African country.

Billionaire entrepreneur Mike Lynch and his 18-year-old daughter Hannah were among seven people who died when the vessel sank off the coast ...

Sir Alan Bates has urged victims of the Horizon scandal to take the Government to court over delays to financial redress. In an email sent to members of campaign group Justice For Subpostmasters ...

The messaging platform is launching a new one-way chat thread with UK and European users, nudging them about online safety.

THE first section of a temporary footbridge over the River Wharfe in Otley was craned into place on Friday, April 11.

Scotland’s seabird populations are continuing to decline as threats including climate change and avian flu take their toll but some species are showing signs of recovery, statistics show.

Smelly food - and having to stand in standard when the First Class carriage is empty - are Brits’ biggest train ‘icks’. A poll of 2,000 adults discovered the top 20 ‘rail fails’, which include noisy ...