A book about preserving languages which are going extinct has won the British Academy Book Prize for Global Cultural Understanding 2024.

Helen Maguire urged Defence Secretary John Healey to quickly repurpose frozen assets to bolster Ukraine’s war chest.

After presenting the news, Myrie, 60, will join the results show in Washington DC, hosted by Perry and Somaskanda, who will welcome BBC US special correspondent Katty Kay and BBC News presenter ...

The former boss of fashion giant Abercrombie & Fitch and his British partner have been arrested and face sex trafficking charges. A spokesman for federal prosecutors in the US said ex-chief executive ...

Former president Barack Obama and vice presidential nominee Tim Walz are hosting rallies while the Republicans held events to encourage voting.

A project to tackle damp and mould in West Dunbartonshire council properties has been shortlisted for a prestigious award.

Baywatch star Michael Newman has died at the age of 68, his friend, director Matthew Felker, has confirmed. Newman played himself as a lifeguard and was the third most regular actor on Baywatch after ...

The Sinn Fein leader said she has written to the teenager and his mother ‘offering a full, unequivocal and sincere apology’.

Scotland’s First Minister has hinted that the already scaled-back programme for the 2026 Commonwealth Games could be cut further if costs spiral. John Swinney said the Scottish Government has reached ...

A former British soldier accused of escaping from prison was spotted doing a “pencil roll” from underneath a truck before “casually” walking away, a court has heard.

Scottish Government official Andrew Slorance, 49, died in December 2020 at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow.

Speaking to the PA news agency, Mr Swinney said the Government has secured assurances that the cost of the event will be met through funding from the Commonwealth Games Foundation and Commonwealth ...