Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown made a dramatic intervention in the Scottish independence battle.

Many in the UK are hoping that Kate's pregnancy can stop Scots voting "yes" to independence and destroying the union.

It's sent the world's media into overdrive - so it's little wonder Prince Williams request to keep things in perspective has been drowned out by royal baby mania.

Neither of the two radio DJs who made a prank phone call to Kate Middleton's hospital in late 2012 will give evidence at the inquest into the death of nurse Jacintha Saldanha.

For one guardsman, the monotony of walking back and forth outside the Queen's London residence just got too much.

The parents of a five-year-old British boy with a brain tumour have been arrested, after they took him to Spain when the NHS wouldn't fund a special treatment.

She lost her mother to a heroin overdose as a vulnerable teenager, her sister Peaches to the same tragedy, and has fought her own battles with alcohol and drugs.

The "special relationship" has suffered a setback after the British embassy in Washington was forced to apologise for a tweet celebrating the anniversary of the burning of the White House.

The death of a teenager who drowned in a disused quarry in Scotland may be linked to the ice bucket challenge craze.

Police officers have been warned they could face disciplinary action over their dealings with the BBC before the highly public five-hour search of Sir Cliff Richard's home.

Desperate migrants found inside a stifling, airless shipping container were a smuggled group of Afghan Sikhs who included a one-year-old child.

A people smuggling operation has been uncovered in Britain, after dock workers heard screaming coming from a shipping container.

Personal stories distinguish this war museum, which has reopened on London's South Bank following an $80 million refurbishment. Its showpiece, the display in the new World War I Galleries, was completed just in time for the centenary of the century-defining conflict.

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The Herald's Geoff Cumming and Greg Bowker visit London's Imperial War Museum to mark the centenary of World War One's outbreak.

Police have released CCTV images showing the moment a child in a buggy on a London Underground platform was blown onto the track by a gust of wind.

After 30 years in the macho world of boxing, the former fight promoter Frank Maloney has revealed that he is undergoing a sex change and living as a woman called Kellie.

The leader of a right-wing UK party was facing a storm of protest last night after one of his members of parliament was revealed to have coached candidates to emulate Hitler.

British adults are spending more time using media gadgets than sleeping, a new report says.

The city's knuckly notoriety no longer applies. Tourists come now for a laugh. And, as Ewan McDonald found on his pilgrimage - of arts, culture and fitba' - there's plenty.

Summer is festival time in Edinburgh, and thousands of visitors descend on the Scottish capital to see some of the best new talent in arts and entertainment.

The identity of an executive who dodged more than 42,000 ($83,000) in rail fares has been revealed.

Ten reasons to visit Glasgow, the number one UK destination "on the rise" by TripAdvisor, and the third best destination in the UK, in the 2013 Travellers' Choice Destinations.

Outspoken biologist and atheist Richard Dawkins has provoked outrage on Twitter by saying that 'stranger rape' was worse than 'date rape'.

Former motorsport boss Max Mosley may serve an injunction on Google over the continued publication of images of him taken at an orgy.

Peaches Geldof's baby son was left alone with her body for up to 15 hours after she died of a heroin overdose in a room littered with syringes and 'importation quality' drugs.