A gunman has opened fire with a rifle through the windows of a Catholic church and struck a group of children celebrating Mass during the first week of school, killing two and wounding 17 people in an act of violence the police chief called “absolutely incomprehensible”..

A Scottish Conservative MSP has defected to Reform UK, Nigel Farage has announced at a press conference in Scotland..

The fertility rate for England and Wales has fallen for the third year in a row to reach a new record low, figures show..

Sir Richard Branson has said “thinking differently is something to be celebrated” as a nationwide awareness campaign celebrating dyslexic entrepreneurs is launched..