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 ...

Kemi Badenoch has said she would not want a man performing an “intimate” examination which checks for breast cancer. The ...

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 ...

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

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 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 ...

The Prince and Princess of Wales’s Royal Foundation is providing financial support for rural projects on the popular island.

Helicopters have dropped water on large fires burning on the slopes of South Africa’s Table Mountain as police investigated whether arson was the cause. Table Mountain National Park first reported the ...

A professional ice hockey player arrested on suspicion of manslaughter following the death of fellow player Adam Johnson has been told he will not face any charges. Mr Johnson was playing for ...