The slender-billed curlew could be the first known global bird extinction from mainland Europe, north Africa and west Asia.

The Festivals Forward report surveyed 101 events such as the Edinburgh Fringe, BBC Proms, Cheltenham Festivals and Hay Festival.

Up to 20cm of snow may accumulate in the worst affected areas in the country’s ‘first taste of winter’, the Met Office said.

Plaid Cymru is calling for Wales to be given the same powers of control as Scotland. Transport, crown estate, justice and policing, energy, taxation and welfare are among the powers held by Scotland ...