After this latest deluge of details to drop in the last few days, Downing Street has sought to be on the front foot: volunteering on the record statements marking each new development, and now seeking to pre-empt a Conservative attempt to squeeze from ministers details of the vetting process prior …

Brown said he had shared with police a letter he had sent in September asking the cabinet secretary to "investigate the veracity of information contained in the Epstein papers regarding the sale of assets arising from the banking collapse and communications about them between Lord Mandelson and Mr Epstein"

Mountbatten-Windsor, also formerly known as the Duke of York, is expected to return to Windsor over the next few weeks to collect the remainder of his belongings but his permanent base is now officially in Norfolk

Geminid meteor shower set to light up sky during weekend peak 22 hours ago Share Save Maddie Molloy , Climate & Science reporter and Stav Danaos , BBC Weather Share Save Getty Images The Geminid meteor shower - one of the most spectacular in the celestial calendar - is set …

Scientists have captured rare footage of killer whales and Pacific white-sided dolphins hunting together near the coast of British Columbia, Canada. Despite their common name 'killer whale', orca are actually the largest species of dolphin. The findings, published in the journal Nature Scientific Reports, is the first recorded evidence of …

How monogamous are humans? Scientists compile 'league table' of pairing up 23 hours ago Share Save Helen Briggs Environment correspondent Share Save Getty Meerkats are incredibly social animals and live in large groups known as 'mobs' or 'clans' Humans are a bit like meerkats when it comes to pairing up, …

Shell facing first UK legal claim over climate impacts of fossil fuels 6 hours ago Share Save Matt McGrath Environment correspondent Share Save Getty Images Victims of a deadly typhoon in the Philippines have filed a legal claim against oil and gas company Shell in the UK courts, seeking compensation …

Available for over a year COP30, the big meeting where countries discuss climate change annually, has finished. This year it was hosted in the city of Belem in Brazil, in the Amazon forest, which is directly affected by it. The role of the two biggest emitters has also made headlines. …

Iain Douglas-Hamilton, pioneering elephant conservationist, dies aged 83 2 hours ago Share Save Yang Tian Share Save Indianapolis Zoo The Prince of Wales has paid tribute to pioneering elephant conservationist Iain Douglas-Hamilton, who died aged 83 at his home in Nairobi on Monday. Douglas-Hamilton spent his life studying and campaigning …

UN environment report 'hijacked' by US and others over fossil fuels, top scientist says 21 hours ago Share Save Matt McGrath Environment correspondent Share Save Getty Images A key UN report on the state of the global environment has been "hijacked" by the United States and other countries who were …