Purgatory News

Comedian and actor Duggie Brown, who starred in Coronation Street and Last Of The Summer Wine, has died at the age of 82, his manager said..

Jeremy Paxman is stepping down as the host of University Challenge after 28 years, the BBC has announced..

The head of the British armed forces at the time Kabul fell to the Taliban has described a failure of political will as part of a wider malaise leading to evacuation out of the Afghan capital last year..

Plans by Tory leadership candidate Rishi Sunak to compel Scotlands top civil servant to appear before a Westminster committee annually have been likened to sinister show trials by the SNP..

The Government has said that it is confident that people will be able to get a new bivalent Covid-19 jab as part of the autumn booster programme..

Ted Baker has agreed a £211 million takeover by Authentic Brands Group, the US owner of Reebok and Juicy Couture..

A 25-year-old man gunned down in what is thought to be a targeted shooting has been named by police..

The number of deaths involving Covid-19 registered each week in England and Wales has fallen for the first time since mid-June, in fresh confirmation the recent wave of the virus is receding..

The cub of an endangered red panda has been described as a symbol of hope..

Ryanair said it will add more than 500 flights serving London Stansted during the October half-term school holiday after Heathrow extended its cap on passenger numbers..

The UK can expect days of thunder as heavy rain and floods are set to continue over the coming days..

Bill Gates has called for South Korea to further step up in international efforts to prevent infectious diseases such as Covid-19 as he stressed the need for the world to be better prepared for the next pandemic..

A fuel tax should be imposed on domestic flights to fund a freeze in train fares, a pressure group has said..

UK workers saw their pay lag behind inflation at record levels over the past quarter, according to official figures..

The 31 year old Scot couldnt quite catch Turkeys Yasemin Can in Munich.

The 96 year old will show off Britains wildlife, hoping to emulate what the Planet series did for the worlds wildlife.

The 14 year old lost his life after the incident in a hotel pool in Antalya.

Flash floods and thunderstorms hitting parts of the UK over the coming days will give way to breezier weather by the end of the week, forecasters have said..

The party says the double bill freeze would save families £2,000.

Modernas new bivalent vaccine targets both the original Covid strain and the Omicron variant.