A second water company has imposed a hosepipe ban as the ongoing dry weather and hot temperatures across England result in record-breaking water demand.

The warnings and restrictions come as hot and dry weather scorches England, with temperatures set to rise further over the weekend.

The King has marked the 30th anniversary of the Srebrenica Genocide by hailing the “extraordinary courage, compassion and dignity” of those left behind. More than 8,000 men and boys were killed on ...

R&B singer Chris Brown has denied further charges over an alleged bottle attack at a London nightclub. The American musician, 36, pleaded not guilty to assault occasioning actual bodily harm to ...

Northern Ireland’s Environment Minister Andrew Muir has said that a contentious loyalist bonfire in south Belfast should not be set alight. Fresh safety concerns have been raised over asbestos at the ...

A girls' football team has raised over £1,200 for Cancer Research. Eleven members of the Culcheth Panthers Under 10s completed the Pretty Mudder on Sunday, July 6, at Victoria Park. The event involves ...

Paul Harris, a member of Birchwood Golf Club, took on the feat on June 30, just two days after his 72nd birthday. He played a full round from each of the club’s four sets of tees to raise awareness ...

RSPCA officers see many animals with terrible injuries caused by discarded fishing line, hooks and plastic netting, with such incidents accounting for around 34 percent (751) of all litter-related ...

Analysis by the PA news agency found Britain’s drivers were handed 14.4 million parking tickets by private companies in the year to the end ...

High temperature warnings have been issued by Met Eireann for the weekend, with forecasts of 29C on Friday and 30C in some parts on Saturday. The forecaster said that Friday will be sunny, dry and ...

BP has said it expects to report higher oil and gas production for the second quarter, after the energy giant renewed its focus on fossil fuels to help boost profits. Shares rose for the group on ...

In series two, detective sergeant John Rebus will uncover the links between the violent world of the Edinburgh drug trade and the “professional bourgeois world of law and finance, where police ...