Rachael Maskell said pressing ahead with the welfare reform Bill risked leaving “such a stain” on her party, as she urged ministers to scrap a proposed change to the out-of-work element of universal ...

A former employee at a Fife children’s home has told the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry (SCAI) that allegations of abuse made against him by former residents are “absolute nonsense”. The inquiry was ...

Resident doctors will go on strike for five consecutive days later this month in their dispute with the Government over pay, the British Medical Association (BMA) has said. Announcing strike dates ...

Hassan Jhangur hit five people with his car when he arrived at his sister’s wedding reception, where a fight had broken out between the ...

Headteacher Rosalind Frame said: “We are delighted to be the first school in Fife to receive this award. The Equitable Creative Coding Award (ECCo) holds significant importance for our school and ...

First-time buyers could be given a boost by lenders having the ability to offer more mortgages at high loan-to-income (LTI) levels, if they choose to. The Bank of England said its Financial Policy ...

Campaigners, school children and grandparents were among those calling for MPs to give the crisis the ‘precedence it needs’.

There were 247,703 conceptions leading to a legal abortion in 2022, a 13.1 rise on the 218,923 recorded in 2021, the ONS said.

Crews also in airboats, along with hundreds of volunteers, are part of one of the largest search operations in Texas history.

Some building societies have reported seeing a jump in cash Isa applications following speculation that the limit could be cut. Reports have suggested that plans to cut the annual tax-free cash Isa ...

The US attorney general is under fire after the justice department refused to release further documents relating to the ...

It appears to be the latest version of plans by the Israeli government to maintain lasting control over the territory.