Willie Mullins once again dominated on the penultimate day of the Punchestown Festival but it was Lossiemouth who lit up Friday’s action in the Boodles Champion Hurdle.

The First Minister has convened a security meeting with Police Scotland after the UK’s national threat level was raised from substantial to severe. John Swinney said he was also engaged with the ...

Temperatures soared in parts of the UK on Friday but forecasters have warned the weather may take a turn for the worse over the bank holiday weekend. A high of 25.4C for the day was recorded at both ...

The Real Greek is to shut nine restaurants with 151 job losses after the hospitality chain fell into administration. Cote ...

A shaky three-week ceasefire between the US and Iran appears to be still holding though both countries have traded ...

Odey, 67, told Bromley Magistrates’ Court on Friday that he was not used to 20mph speed limits after he was caught speeding in a Range Rover.

Emma Raducanu is set to return to action at the Italian Open next week – and has been working again with the coach who helped her to the US Open title. The British number one was heavily criticised ...

Flatpack World Championships winner Hayley McAuley, from Wigan, said ‘I can’t quite believe I’ve done it again’.

MORE than 140 arrests have been made during a month-long road safety crackdown. Cumbria Police recorded the arrests during Operation Spotlight, a nationwide campaign targeting the so-called fatal four ...

SNP plans to curb the price of staple foods could lead to reduced supplies in shops across Scotland, the shadow chancellor has warned. Conservative MP Sir Mel Stride warned Scottish First Minister ...

LONG jail terms have been handed to four people who were involved in a lucrative drugs supply operation in west Cumbria.

John Swinney’s intervention on whisky tariffs formed a “very big part” of Donald Trump’s decision to scrap them, the US president said in a note to Scotland’s First Minister. The pair spoke for nine ...