In the statement read by a state TV news presenter, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei vowed to avenge those killed in the war.

Rory McIlroy laboured to a two-over par opening round as his Players Championship title defence at Sawgrass appeared hampered by recent back problems. Masters champion McIlroy had withdrawn from the ...

Scottish Secretary Douglas Alexander has said he is determined to honour the memory of victims of the Dunblane massacre by upholding the UK’s tight gun laws. Mr Alexander said many people are still ...

The Marine Conservation Society said items like cans and bottles were found on 95 of beaches surveyed across the country.

Although he rarely talks about it, Sir Andy Murray and his brother Jamie were among the pupils at Dunblane Primary School during the massacre in 1996. They were with their classes and took cover after ...

A group of MPs has hit out at Fujitsu for being “yet to contribute a penny” to the nearly £1.5 billion redress bill for victims of the Post Office Horizon scandal and called for urgent action to quash ...

The sister of a five-year-old girl killed in the Dunblane massacre has said “we cannot let people forget” and warned that UK gun laws are “at risk” 30 years on. Ellie Crozier’s sister Emma was one of ...

The people of Dunblane will mark the 30-year anniversary of the tragedy there with “quiet dignity and respect”, the minister of the town’s cathedral has said. Rev Colin Renwick, who moved to Dunblane ...

NHS England has published its latest monthly performance data for waiting times, A&E treatment and other targets, as well as its weekly snapshot of pressures on hospitals, including patients with ...

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Nottingham Forest suffered another Europa League defeat to Midtjylland after Cho Gue-sung’s late header earned the Danish side a 1-0 win at the City Ground in the last-16 first leg.

Police were called to Thorpe St Andrew School on Wednesday morning following reports that a teenage girl had been stabbed.