Complaints about an advert for bookmaker Paddy Power featuring transgender people are upheld by the industry

A 35-carat diamond passed among Europe’s royalty for four centuries, the Beau Sancy, sells for twice its reserve at auction in

Businesses are being sought to run a string of new tourism facilities in a £4.5m development planned in the Galloway Forest

The number of elderly people in England getting council-funded care has fallen by 11% in the last two years and looks like it will fall further, figures obtained by Labour

The world’s biggest producer of farmed salmon, Marine Harvest, announces plans to invest £80m in

Proposed new laws to “limit the impact” of UK-wide welfare reforms in Scotland should be passed, says a special Holyrood

April proved to be a washout for many Scottish shops as cold and wet weather hit sales, according to a

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England manager Roy Hodgson is set to omit Rio Ferdinand from his squad for Euro 2012 while Kyle Walker misses out through

Human error is being blamed for a mix-up over payments to Kent County Council (KCC) leader Paul Carter which cost the authority more than

Jim Higgins, a retired coach transport manager, is in the process of repairing a 130-year-old Great Western Railway carriage, that sits within his

There is a “hint of imperial delusion” about the coalition’s foreign policy, shadow foreign secretary Douglas Alexander has

Fighter jets have rehearsed a fly-past over Anglesey for the Diamond Jubilee, although the actual event will be over Windsor

Prince Edward asked for “royal homework pardon” but doesn’t

The PSNI reveal they have kept body parts and tissue samples in 67 cases of suspicious and unexplained deaths without notifying

Prime Minister David Cameron appears to have made a major concession on the timing of a referendum on Scottish

Andy Murray overcomes David Nalbandian 6-1 4-6 7-5 to make it into the third round of the Masters series event in

A woman who was abused on Facebook takes legal action to force the website to identify the source of the

Jon Cruddas is put in charge of Labour’s policy review in a minor reshuffle of Ed Miliband’s shadow

A Carlisle takeaway boss has been jailed for 15 years for attempting to recruit four girls aged between 12 and 16 into

Hooker back after eight-week biting

Human error is blamed for a mix-up over payments to Kent County Council leader Paul Carter which cost the authority

Work begins on moving a massive 6,000 tonne section of the first of Britain’s two new aircraft carriers from Portsmouth to Rosyth in

The government terminates a contract with welfare-to-work company A4e after deciding that continuing would be “too great a

Kerry Katona has told BBC Radio 5 live’s Victoria Derbyshire that she felt bullied by certain tabloid

The government needs to “get a grip” on queues at Heathrow Airport, the chief executive of London First

A court ruling has cast doubt on whether urinating in public is a nuisance – as long as no-one sees. So is it really ever

Former Test cricket umpire Dickie Bird receives an OBE from Prince Charles at Buckingham Palace for services to sport and to