John Swinney is expected to declare his bid to become the new leader of the SNP later today, Sky News understands.

Archaeologists have been able to piece together the skull of a 75,000-year-old Neanderthal skeleton.

Beyonce will be included as a new entry in the latest edition of the French encyclopaedic dictionary Le Petit Larousse.

A night of heavy rainfall and thunderstorms has caused travel delays and damaged a care home in West Sussex.

Apple is trying to fix a problem which caused some iPhone alarms to not go off.

Iran is willing to "expend every Arab life" in its efforts to end Western influence in the Middle East and destroy Israel, a former US national security adviser has said.

An original watercolour for Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone - the first book in JK Rowling's fantasy series - has been put up for auction and is estimated to fetch more than £400,000.

Richard Tandy, the keyboardist in Electric Light Orchestra (ELO), has died at the age of 76.

One of the world's leading economic authorities has warned the UK that borrowing should remain expensive until the rate of price rises eases further and stays there.

A night of heavy rainfall and thunderstorms has caused travel delays and damaged a care home in West Sussex.