British and Indian ministers have met for “productive” trade talks, Downing Street said amid speculation that negotiations over a long-awaited deal are nearing the finish line.

The Conservatives have said the vote to keep Maggie Chapman in her committee position “risks undermining trust in Holyrood”, after the Green MSP survived an attempt to oust her as deputy convener. The ...

Solicitor Aamer Anwar, acting for the family, branded it an ‘attack’ and a ‘desperate attempt to undermine the inquiry’.

The number of jobs to be cut at Dundee University has dropped by half as part of a new recovery plan, the institution has said. Due to a £35 million deficit, the university had initially said it would ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Tuesday observed the formal exchange of a dozen co-operation agreements, including on defence, as part of efforts to ...

Unite threatened legal action against Stagecoach this week, after the bus company threatened to cancel drivers’ annual leave entitlement.

The Honorary Recorder of Chester, Judge Steven Everett, made the remark at the sentencing hearing of 81-year-old Richard Burrows, who systematically abused 24 young boys across the Cheshire, West ...

A teenager who was radicalised by Islamist extremist content online has been sentenced to eight years for the attempted murder of an Irish army chaplain. The court heard that the boy had planned to ...

Every new maternity unit should have a bereavement suite so grieving parents can “process that pain with privacy and peace”, an MP has said. Rosie Wrighting warned MPs that the experience of baby loss ...

Andrew Wason, 19, pleaded guilty to pushing the woman off a platform at Hyndland station in Glasgow on April 20 last year.

A 14-year-old girl has been arrested for assault and public urination. Police were called out on April 22 to Cwmbran after a report of theft of alcohol, from Heron Foods. A group of teenagers were ...

The volunteers were initially engaged in a training exercise co-ordinated by HM Coastguard in Milford Haven on Wednesday, April 23 ...