Thousands of jobs in the North Sea are being put at risk because the Government is driven by “zealotry”, the Conservatives have said. Shadow environment minister Andrew Bowie said the Government will ...

An internal hospital report over the death of a newborn girl was “like night and day” compared to the findings of an independent probe which identified numerous failings in her delivery care, an ...

Sir Salman Rushdie was so stunned when a masked man started to stab him on a stage in western New York that the author did not even try to fight back, a prosecutor said during opening statements of ...

A transgender doctor told NHS managers of intent to use female changing room facilities and denied that using them despite the discomfort of a female nurse was “bullying and harassment”, an employment ...

A MAN who sent threatening messages to a woman in South Ayrshire has been given unpaid work. Robert Jeffrey pleaded guilty to sending abusive messages by electronic communication network on June 14, ...

A student killed in the Omagh bombing was a year out from graduating at Dundee University when she died, a public inquiry has heard. A statement from the twin brother of Julia Hughes said they had ...

Oliver Ryan, who was elected to represent the Burnley constituency last summer, had been under investigation over the remarks.

AN AYR recycling group has demanded a proper solution to reusing blister packs. Earlier this month, Recycle Ayr conducted a trial and within one hour a large Terracycle box was overflowing with more ...

The King has taken the Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister on a tour of the Cornish housing project he inspired – in a rare joint engagement between the monarch and political leaders. Charles was ...

National Lottery operator Allwyn has committed to increasing the amount of funding for good causes from £30 million a week to £60 million a week.

Ireland’s premier and justice minister have praised the “extremely fast” policing response to a knife attack in a Dublin neighbourhood in which three men were injured. A man was arrested at the scene ...

The family of an Omagh bombing victim desperately searched for the missing schoolgirl in the aftermath of the massacre, a public inquiry has heard. The Omagh Bombing Inquiry heard that 15-year-old ...