The Conservative leader said Scots ‘deserve better’ than another five years of John Swinney’s party in power at Holyrood.

Some 63 police officers have been injured in what has been called a “week of shame” in Northern Ireland. Disorder started in Ballymena on Monday after an alleged sexual assault of a girl in the Co ...

A man has appeared in court accused of the sexual assault and murder of a 13-month-old baby boy he was adopting. Jamie Varley, believed to have worked as a high school teacher, is also accused of ...

An amber weather warning for severe thunderstorms has been issued by the Met Office advising of the risk of “intense rainfall frequent lightning, hail and gusty winds”. The warning has been issued for ...

The King has presented new Colours to the Coldstream Guards during a ceremony at Windsor Castle, marking the regiment’s 375th anniversary. Troops from the 1st and 2nd Battalions paraded on Friday ...

Seven Asian men have been convicted of the sexual exploitation of two white teenage schoolgirls in Rochdale. The defendants preyed on the vulnerabilities of the victims to groom them as “sex slaves” ...

An American woman has appeared in court in Northern Ireland charged with causing death by careless driving in what has been described as a tragic incident for all involved.

The construction of the gable wall of a fire-damaged property on Glaisnock Street is due to be finished by the middle of this month, a report to East Ayrshire Council's cabinet has said.

Valdo Calocane, who had been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, killed Grace O’Malley-Kumar, Barnaby Webber and Ian Coates in June 2023.

Irvine was sentenced to two-and-a-half years following an incident where firearms and ammunition were found in the boot of his car.

The Scottish Conservative leader said Scotland should use its own oil and gas instead of importing fossil fuels from abroad.