Four billion people, about half the world’s population, experienced at least one extra month of extreme heat because of human-caused climate change from May 2024 to May 2025, scientists have said.

Going ahead with welfare reforms will drive more people into homelessness, a number of major charities have warned the Government. Shelter and Crisis are among the signatories to a letter to the Work ...

A rate-setter at the Bank of England has said he remains “pretty concerned” about the economic outlook as he renewed calls to reduce interest rates further.

A New Zealand flag printed with the words “please walk on me” and placed on the floor of an art gallery has once again been packed away following a public outcry, 30 years after protests forced the ...

A report from WWF and Aviva offers the first results from a network of towers measuring the carbon storage in coastal saltmarsh habitat.

Kemi Badenoch has accused the Labour and Reform leaders of asking people to “fund unlimited child support for others” by scrapping the two-child cap. Writing in the Daily Mail, the Tory leader accused ...

The Forum, in Northallerton, is planning a special events to celebrate its 50th anniversary – and has launched a fundraiser to ...

The D&S Times is launching a search for the best readers’ garden in our patch. Read on to find out more - and details of the top prize ...

Celebrations have been held for Dorothy Allardyce - the oldest person in York and North Yorkshire - who has just had her 107th birthday.

Business owners have warned increased parking charges across Darlington could impact how long shoppers stay in the town centre.

The US Justice Department has formally moved to dismiss a criminal fraud charge against Boeing and asked a judge to cancel an upcoming trial connected to two plane crashes that killed 346 people off ...

They made the accusations in their first report since joining forces to monitor sanctions against North Korea.