Southern California Edison said its equipment could have been responsible for the Hurst fire which hit the Sylmar neighbourhood of the city.

A WOMAN was sexually assaulted on a stretch of road between Alloa and Tullibody. Police officers are appealing for information after a 23-year-old woman was attacked by a man near to the top of hill ...

The tech giant has become the latest in a growing number of US firms to row back on diversity, equity and inclusion ...

Three men have been arrested in connection with thousands of tonnes of illegal waste dumped in an ancient woodland. Hoad’s Wood, a beauty spot in Ashford, Kent – designated a site of special ...

Awaab’s law to force social landlords to fix dangerous damp and mould will come into force in October. The legislation is named after two-year-old Awaab Ishak, who died as a direct result of exposure ...

Tory MP David Simmonds urged the Government to learn ‘some of the lessons that we need to draw out’ of coal pit closures for the ...

The Stormont Executive has allocated more than £17 million to repair damage caused by Storm Eowyn. The storm in January brought high-speed gusts which left a record number of people in Northern ...

Irv Gotti, a music mogul who founded Murder Inc Records and was behind major hip-hop and R&B artists such as Ashanti and Ja Rule, has died. He was 54. Def Jam Recordings, which was the parent company ...

The base rate fell to 4.5 on Thursday, but the Bank halved the UK’s economic growth forecast for this year while predicting surging inflation.

The PA news agency looks at the outcome of the Bank of England’s decision, and whether rates will fall again soon.