The Festivals Forward report surveyed 101 events such as the Edinburgh Fringe, BBC Proms, Cheltenham Festivals and Hay Festival.

Lasers that harness bacteria’s natural ability to convert sunlight into energy could power missions to Mars and provide a source of clean energy on Earth, scientists have announced. The technology is ...

Up to 20cm of snow may accumulate in the worst affected areas in the country’s ‘first taste of winter’, the Met Office said.

Mr Anandaciva added: “We found several barriers blocking the benefits of industry collaboration, including a common mistrust of partnerships with pharmaceutical firms, often based on a suspicion of ...

Plaid Cymru is calling for Wales to be given the same powers of control as Scotland. Transport, crown estate, justice and policing, energy, taxation and welfare are among the powers held by Scotland ...

New rules are being announced to stop profiteering in children’s social care as part of reforms aimed at ending years of what the Government described as neglect of the system. The watchdog Ofsted is ...

A bird species found in mainland Europe and the Mediterranean is thought to be extinct globally by a coalition of conservation groups. The slender-billed curlew – a migratory shorebird that bred in ...

A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after two people were killed in Manchester, police have said. The 23-year-old suspect has been detained under the Mental Health Act after being assessed ...

Treasury data shows that around three-quarters of farmers will pay nothing in inheritance tax as a result of the controversial changes.

Sir Keir Starmer will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping at the G20 summit in Brazil, Downing Street has confirmed. He will be the first British prime minister to meet the Chinese leader in more than ...

A rare Israeli strike in central Beirut killed the Hezbollah militant group’s chief spokesman on Sunday, while an Israeli ...

Ashley Storrie joked that if her mother had been at the ceremony, she would have been ‘making it all about her’.