Prince Charles says there is a reason to be optimistic about the state of the world’s oceans, but it is “critically urgent” to tackle

Credit unions hope a new law will boost membership

The FBI investigates how activists linked to Anonymous obtained a recording of a phone call between US and UK police on their operations against

A British cruise ship passenger has fallen overboard in waters near Mexico, the owner of the vessel

The FBI and the Metropolitan police have launched a criminal investigation after computer hackers intercepted a conference

A man in his 20s has shot himself in a hairdressers in Dungannon, County

Kallum Watkins records a second-half hat-trick as Leeds begin the defence of their Super League title by beating Hull KR at

The UK is set for another bitterly cold night with temperatures possibly reaching -12C, say weather

Two men are arrested in connection with the death of a man who was shot in an East Renfrewshire street last

Chris Huhne vows to clear his name as he resigns as energy secretary to fight a charge of perverting the course of justice relating to a 2003 speeding

Chris Robshaw says England’s young side will not be daunted by Saturday’s Six Nations opener at

A man is jailed for life with a minimum term of 24 years for sexually assaulting and murdering a 94-year-old woman at a Bradford care

The Queen has planted trees at the Sandringham Estate in Norfolk to mark her Diamond

The Conservatives demand answers about links between the Labour Party and the chief executive of a charity facing allegations of financial

Fibre optic connections to at speeds of 300 Mbps will be available ‘on demand’ in the UK next year, BT

Lancaster University is setting up an annual scholarship in honour of a postgraduate student who was shot dead in

Three British men have died and three more people are in hospital after contracting Legionnaires’ disease while on holiday in

The Met Office warns that snow will affect many parts of southern and eastern Scotland at the

The legal battle over the ownership of a cat in Stornoway has come to an end after the death of a key witness – a

Ed Miliband calls for a culture of “one nation banking” in which financial institutions are not “isolated” from the rest of the economy and

The greenhouse where tropical plants are brightening up

A bogus therapist and his wife who told women they could diagnose and treat cancer are found guilty of sexual assault and