The deep meadow grass and dappled forests of oak and beech in Surrey are the unlikely settings for a new frontier in fossil fuel exploration - and a legal test case that threatens any new oil and gas extraction in Britain.

Teachers will go on strike for another two days this school term, the National Education Union has announced.

Take That star Howard Donald has been dropped as one of the headline acts at Groovebox's Pride Festival after it came to light he'd liked a number of tweets that were critical of trans people.

Ian Wright, Jonny Evans and Eni Aluko were among those named in the King's Birthday Honours list.

Thunderstorms are set to sweep parts of the UK this weekend as the Met Office warns of possible flash flooding due to "very intense rainfall".

There is by now a degree of predictability to Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin's outbursts.

Thunderstorms are set to sweep parts of the UK this weekend as the Met Office warns of possible flash flooding due to "very intense rainfall".

Thunderstorms are set to sweep parts of the UK this weekend as the Met Office warns of possible flash flooding due to "very intense rainfall".

Relations between China and the United States are at their lowest ebb in decades. 

The King has taken part in the first Trooping the Colour of his reign to mark his official birthday.