The former head of a South African arts festival has been appointed chief executive of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society. Tony Lankester joins the society from Riverside Studios in Hammersmith, ...

Mr Trump blamed previous administrations’ efforts to promote diversity at federal agencies for contributing to the crash.

A man whose father, brother and sister died “in dreadful circumstances” has told MPs their sympathy “only goes so far” as he urged them to get on with the process to legalise assisted dying.

The 34-year-old Edinburgh forward’s Test career appeared to be over after he was not selected for a single squad last year.

Kate celebrated becoming patron of Ty Hafan children’s hospice in South Wales by visiting the centre where she did not unveil a plaque but contributed to a wall of handprints from youngsters and their ...

Paul Nicholls feels stamina is the main question Kalif Du Berlais has to answer in Saturday’s Virgin Bet Scilly Isles Novices’ Chase at Sandown. Another smart prospect owned by Sir Alex Ferguson, John ...

Channel 4 chief executive Alex Mahon has said the UK media industry must avoid becoming an “American news swamp” where young people get their news from unregulated platforms such as social media.

Nasa’s two stuck astronauts have taken their first spacewalk together, exiting the International Space Station almost eight months after moving in.