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 ...

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

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

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

Conservative MP Sir Mel Stride warned Scottish First Minister John Swinney – who has proposed the move in a bid to help people hit by the cost of living – that “intervening in the markets like that” ...

Fake footage of anti-Government protest in Birmingham A video which gained thousands of reactions on Facebook with claims it showed a large anti-Government protest in Birmingham is fake. The footage, ...

The brief hot spell comes after an April that was drier and warmer than average for much of the UK, according to provisional Met Office figures.

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 ...

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 ...

From the White House to small town main street, the republic extended a hospitable welcome to the King and Queen.