Recycling chief Greg Watts calls for stricter laws and higher landfill fees as farm trials proves compost matches traditional fertiliser.

Rain is expected to arrive and bring scattered showers to Southern California between Wednesday and Thursday.

A 12-year-old unvaccinated girl has become the second child to die after suffering from influenza A since the current flu season began in Hong Kong in late June, the Centre for Health Protection has said. Centre controller Edwin Tsui Lok-kin said on Wednesday that local influenza activity remained at a high level. “I urge the public not to take influenza lightly, and to take appropriate preventive measures, including receiving [a vaccination] as early as possible in order to build an immunity...

The woman, named locally as Jenny Westwood, who was believed to be in her early 60s, was found dead at the home she rented with her partner, Victoria Williams, who was in her 40s and known as Vicky.

A flight-tested attack drone similar to Iran’s Shahed model that its Taiwanese maker says could reach military targets in mainland China is meant to swamp PLA air defences, analysts said. Drawing on battlefield lessons from Ukraine and the Middle East, military experts broadly agree on the utility of such low-cost systems, but differ on how the drone could be deployed in a conflict with Beijing should it enter service. While some see greater value in targeting People’s Liberation Army forces in...

Stephen Sexton, 39, strangled Joanna Derkacz, 37, a recruitment consultant, at their flat after their relationship broke down, it is alleged.

Janette MacAusland, 49, was charged with two counts of first-degree murder on Monday by a grand jury. She allegedly strangled her kids, Kai and Ella, to death on April 24 in Massachusetts.

Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle berated the Government for announcing the decision to allow new North Sea drilling to the media before telling MPs.

Simon Richardson, 35, is accused of the murder of headteacher Michael Mullins, 56, as he peddled home from work at Stretford Grammar School on April 20.

Hopes for peace talks between Moscow and Kyiv were renewed on Tuesday after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called for a three-way meeting with Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin.

The actor, 50, stands accused of two instances of sexual assault, three charges of voyeurism and one of exposure.

Kate Winslet is among A-listers who have decamped to the south-coast city but the actors of A Midsummer Night's Dream encountered an ugly underbelly.

Kashim Chowdhury, 55, is accused of exploiting the post-Covid work-from-home culture to take on multiple roles from unwitting departments for the government.

The Campaign Against Antisemitism condemned the new posters which follow attacks on the upmarket bakery chain elsewhere for alleged Israeli ties the firm denies.

An entire generation was almost wiped out when 150,000 tons of coal waste slid down the hillside into the village before engulfing Pantglas Junior School on October 21 1966.

Physics professor Suchitra Sebastian is leading the fight against the university, insisting the proposed development is 'too coarse' for the charming streets of Cambridge.

Trump was asked about an interview Vance gave the day before where he said he believed the President would endorse him if he ran in 2028.

His blond hair was the last glimmer of hope for a survivor in Aberfan after a tragedy so severe struck the close-knit mining community that it haunted Welsh society and Queen Elizabeth II.

Jacob Jeurissen, 48, and his 18-year-old daughter, Kiara, were heading home when their side-by-side vehicle rolled multiple times in rural Minnesota leaving both suffering fatal head injuries.

PSSC wants issues examined, taking into account ruler's conference views.

An interrupted moth migration pattern has caused trouble for meteorologists over the last month.

Nafisa Fai, a Washington County Commissioner in Oregon, went viral after footage showed her speaking at an event in Minnesota with the US flag behind her appearing to hang upside down.

Jignesh Patel, 46, and Rahil Patel, 42 (no relation), faked 1,639 chits using the identities of hundreds of real patients to claim the seven-figure sum from the NHS between 2014 and 2017.

Hong Kong police are investigating after two local media outlets received suspicious letters containing white powder – believed to be crushed oatmeal – sent from the United Kingdom. Police said that at around 3pm on Wednesday, online media outlet HK01 received an airmail letter delivered from the UK at its Kwai Chung office. Staff at the office in Tower 1 of Ever Gain Plaza opened the letter and found suspicious white powder inside. They subsequently called police. The police force deployed...

A heavy storm in Ceuta has left the Spanish enclave reeking after it was flooded with excrement that was left by migrants who used drains as toilets.

Clearsprings is offering property owners three-year deals worth more than double the amount paid by councils, raising fears that vulnerable tenants could be kicked out.

Andy Burnham defended the decision in the Commons this lunchtime despite a backlash from the Labour Left, Greens and environmental groups.

The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) said there was a 15 per cent surge in the total year-on-year.

Sixty years ago today, 144 people - most of them schoolchildren - were killed when a colliery spoil tip collapsed, triggering an avalanche of industrial waste to slide down into Aberfan, South Wales.

Laura Beatrice Richardson, 23, is accused of having sex with an underage boy while studying as a police cadet.