UK

People from Scotland, Ireland and north-east England are better at being able to spot a fake accent than those from the South, a study has found. 

A woman whose body was found in the boot of a car last week died from strangulation, according to a post-mortem examination. 

So what will Russia do now? Will Vladimir Putin really reach for the red button? 

Jeremy Clarkson has told Sky News the government should "back down" and "be big enough" to acknowledge they "made a mistake" by introducing an inheritance tax on some farmers. 

The scandal-hit Post Office has moved to cut its senior leadership team by half under efforts to reduce costs and bolster the business's damaged culture. 

Almost 400 short-term prisoners in Scotland could be released early in the new year under Scottish government plans to ease pressure on the country's prisons. 

Ukraine has fired US-made ATACMS missiles at Russian territory, the Russian defence ministry has said. 

A woman has been sentenced to four years in prison for causing the death of an eight-month-old baby by dangerous driving. 

A woman casually walks into a convenience store and starts filling a bread crate with goods from one of the aisles. 

Royal Mail has suspended deliveries to a tower block in South Lanarkshire after two postal workers were reportedly threatened by a tenant with a dog.