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Ben Shieldaig in the Highlands has 3,800 acres of scenery including an ancient forest dating back to the Ice Age, and red squirrels and golden eagles

The EU’s agreement of a short extension of Article 50 reduces the likelihood of a no-deal ‘Brexident’ next week. Even if Scope has expected the UK to avoid a no-deal exit, the consequences of prolonged uncertainty for the UK’s credit ratings are growing. The EU agreed Thursday to a short Article 50 extension until 22 May, less than the UK’s request for an extension to 30 June and conditional on the Brexit deal being approved in the UK Parliament next...

Theresa May has returned to the UK with a "clear choice" on Brexit following eight hours of talks with EU leaders. Brexit will be delayed until 22 May if MPs approve her deal next week, but there will be a much shorter delay - until 12 April - if they do not approve it. In that eventuality the UK must set out its next steps or leave without a deal. MPs are expected to vote for a third time on the...

James Hicks, 20, and Joshua Scales, 18, carried out the robbery on a stolen moped in June last year as their victim walked home from a tube station.

And teenagers are less likely to carry a weapon at any location in those states, suggest the findings published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Watch the moment that animal rights activists broke into a Chilmark game bird farm to release thousands of pheasants on Monday night.

Tim Dowd has been charged with four counts and will appear at Leeds Crown Court

UPDATE: The petition to stop Brexit has surged past 2.75 million, the biggest volume of signatories ever for a government epetition since Theresa May called for just a short stay for Brexit and blamed MPs for the impasse. A petition to revoke Article 50 has hit one million signatures and is rising by the second. The petition was posted a few weeks ago but after last night's performance by Theresa May, signatures have leapt up so fast you can see...

A green fuel that converts plant waste from farm and timber harvests into aviation fuel has been developed by scientists