Kiss star Gene Simmons left MPs stunned as he rocked up to prime ministers' questions during a surprise visit to the Houses of Parliament.

Scotland's deposit return scheme has been delayed until at least October 2025.

The first heat-health alert of the year has been issued for parts of England, with a heatwave expected to see the UK record its hottest day of the year so far this weekend.

A teenager has been jailed for three years for raping a girl when she was just 12.

Security guards at Heathrow airport are set to strike on almost every weekend of the summer.

The collapse of the Nova Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine will have profound and far-reaching consequences, with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy calling it an "environmental bomb of mass destruction".

The long-time boss of FTSE 100 firm Diageo has died just weeks before he was due to retire.

A heatwave is expected to see the UK record its hottest day of the year so far by this weekend - but heavy rain and thunder are likely to follow.

The scale of the destruction wrought by water pouring through the destroyed Nova Kakhovka dam in Ukraine has been revealed in new satellite images.

Actress Julie Goodyear, best known for her role as Bet Lynch in Coronation Street, has been diagnosed with dementia.