The mercury is set to drop sharply, with lows of minus 16C possible in Scotland and northern England overnight on Thursday.

First Minister John Swinney has insisted he wants to “finish the task” on Scottish independence – with the SNP leader declaring this to be an “urgent priority” for him. He claimed those who favour ...

Japanese authorities have linked more than 200 cyber attacks over the past five years targeting the country’s national security and high technology data to a Chinese hacking group, MirrorFace. The ...

Russian authorities set up an emergency command centre to fight a fire at the facility near Engels, in the Saratov region.