Scots have been warned careless use of barbeques can have “devastating” consequences for the countryside, as the nation prepares for a weekend heatwave. Temperature will hit the high 20s in parts of ...

The French president and Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer also agreed a ‘new deterrent’ was needed to stop small boats crossing the ...

The National Crime Agency (NCA) said the individuals were arrested on Thursday morning on suspicion of blackmail, money laundering and ...

Parliament’s Intelligence and Security Committee described the threat from Iran as ‘persistent’ and ‘unpredictable’.

It comes as new figures show the waiting list for routine hospital treatment in England fell to its lowest in more than two years.

Energy Secretary Gillian Martin was speaking after a plan to divide the UK into regional pricing zones was rejected.

Former EastEnders actor and prolific theatre star Frank Barrie has died at the age of 88, his agent has confirmed. According to a statement from his agency Scott Marshall Partners, Barrie died ...

Campaigners have made renewed calls to scrap the two-child benefit limit after the latest figures showed the number of children in affected households is approaching 1.7 million across Great Britain.

Disruption to Glasgow’s subways during the city’s biggest music festival has been avoided after unions struck a deal with the operator. About 100 staff working for Strathclyde Partnership for ...

NHS Fife has spent more than £220,000 defending itself in the employment tribunal launched by nurse Sandie Peggie, it has been revealed. The extent of the costs was uncovered following an intervention ...

Liam Og O hAnnaidh, who performs under the stage name Mo Chara, will appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court next month ...

The UK’s top stock index jumped by as much as 100 points, or 1.1, to a new intraday record of 8,967.21 points.