April was the 21st month in the last 22 for which the global average temperature was more than 1.5C above the pre-industrial level.

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Alexander Churchill, 10, will take part in a thanksgiving service marking the 80th anniversary of VE Day at Westminster Abbey on Thursday.

Ten-year-old Alexander Churchill, the great-great-grandson of wartime prime minister Sir Winston Churchill, will light a candle of peace.

Scotland is set to pay tribute to its wartime heroes with events taking place around the country to mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day. A service of thanksgiving will take place at Glasgow Cathedral ...

Energy firm ScottishPower is building offshore cables to carry wind power from Scotland to England, in a move ministers say will bring down bills.

The party at Horse Guards Parade will conclude four days of celebrations marking 80 years since victory in Europe was declared.

All eyes are on Vatican City for the sign of a new pope, as cardinals processed into the Sistine Chapel to begin the secret ...

The embassy in Kensington, west London, is understood to have been the target of the alleged plot, according to The Times and other press outlets, but police declined to share further details. In a ...

The Prime Minister is also expected to announce a £563 million contract for Rolls-Royce for the maintenance of Britain’s fleet of Typhoon jets.

An artist who was born on VE Day has shared memories of growing up in the aftermath of the Second World War, when she resorted to drawing on walls amid paper shortages.