Smoking has been banned on three beaches in North Wales. Cared for by National Trust Cymru, the beaches are part of a new scheme launched in partnership with ASH Wales aimed at protect wildlife, ...

Fresh broccoli has proved a hit with pupils during a recent school meal pilot. The pilot, run by Conwy council’s catering department, was part of a wider scheme to encourage the use of more ...

The teenager who fatally stabbed 12-year-old Ava White in Liverpool city centre can be named for the first time as he turns 18. Harry Gilbertson was 14 when he carried out the attack on the schoolgirl ...

In Asian trading, Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 shed 1.0% to finish at 38,488.34. Shares in Japan’s Nippon Steel Corp jumped 2 ...

The track, which features both Italian and English lyrics, is described as a ‘musical dialogue between two Italian icons’.

The UK could break its record for the warmest day of the year for the second day in a row, with temperatures up to 33C forecast. Temperatures reached as high as 32.2C in Kew, west London, on Thursday, ...

The Foreign Secretary is set to meet Abbas Araghchi alongside his counterparts from France, Germany and the EU.

GfK’s long-running Consumer Confidence Index rose two points but remains firmly in negative territory at minus 18.

The family of a “much-loved son, brother and father” who was shot dead in north London have appealed for information about his murder. Mahad Abdi Mohamed, 27, died after being shot in the head in ...

A £28 family sunscreen has failed an annual Which? safety test while a £2.99 supermarket alternative passed with “flying colours”, the watchdog said.

The link between JMW Turner and the landscapes that inspired him is to be the focus of an exhibition being held to mark the 250th anniversary of his birth.

Services at Leeds General Infirmary and St James’s University Hospital have dropped from an overall rating of good to inadequate.