Scots have been left “squealing” from paying increasingly higher taxes, Sir Tom Hunter has said, as he described the burden on nurses, teachers and policemen as unfair. Sir Tom, one of Scotland’s ...

The restart of the No 6 reactor at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant had been suspended because of a glitch related to control rods, its operator said.

The Mayor of Greater Manchester has repeatedly refused to rule out challenging for the leadership of the Labour Party.

The Met Office has issued rain warnings for parts of Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales and the south west of England on Thursday.

The Local Government Secretary told the Commons the ‘vast majority’ of polls will take place in May as planned.

Roads have been flooded and rail travel disrupted as heavy rain batters some areas, with an amber weather warning in force in part of the country. The Met Office amber alert, in force in Angus, Perth ...

The Scottish Government is to set up a housebuilding agency to increase the pace of supply, the First Minister has announced. John Swinney said on Thursday the new body, More Homes Scotland, will be ...

The Prime Minister said the US president’s shift in position was ‘good’ news as he spoke with residents on a visit to Hertfordshire ...

The family of a grandmother fatally stabbed at a bus stop have spoken out about the “deeply troubling” facts that her mentally ill killer was able to access gory videos and buy a hunting knife online.

The three experts are still concerned about risks at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow, their lawyer said.

Premier Sports will show every knockout game in the Investec Champions Cup live as EPCR confirms the dates, venues and kick-off times for its ...

UK Government borrowing fell sharply to £11.6 billion in December as a spike in tax receipts and national insurance more than outweighed an uptick in spending, official figures show. The Office for ...