Government proposals to tax inherited farmland have been watered down, with the planned threshold increasing from £1m to ...

The secretary of state says the US will retain "multiple levers of leverage" if Venezuela's leaders don't "make the right ...

A steep rise in soldiers' obituaries is documented by the BBC as part of its work in counting Russian war losses.

President Donald Trump has announced that the US will commission a new series of heavily armed Navy "battleships" named after himself, as part of a revamped "Golden Fleet".

Mercury has long baffled astronomers because it defies much of what we know about planet formation. A new space mission ...

Drivers could be paying more than they should for petrol and diesel after the UK's competition watchdog said fuel profit ...

Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year's Day are all bank holidays in the UK, with a fourth holiday in Scotland on 2 January.

Cyber security officials have confirmed they are aiding an investigation after a minister said the UK government had been hacked. Trade Minister Sir Chris Bryant said earlier that investigations were ...

Uninhabited Baker Island is among the last to see the new year, as 2026 takes 26 hours to roll across the globe.

Claudia Winkleman hosts the ultimate reality game of trust and treachery with new twists and new players. Time to take to the ...

The UK was not involved "in any way" in the US-led strike on Venezuela, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has said. Sir Keir ...

The lack of any construction work at the site of a planned solar farm 18 months after the government approved it was causing ...