In its 2024 election manifesto the Labour party committed to “end asylum hotels, saving the taxpayer billions of pounds”. Full Fact has taken a look at this pledge and found that since Labour came ...

The songwriter is to use his grant to buy an electro-mechanical predecessor of the synthesiser once used to create the sound ...

More than 54 schools shut in the Highland Council region on Friday because of the snow and at least 27 more closed in Aberdeenshire.

Gregor Townsend has challenged Scotland to set themselves up for the Six Nations by defeating Australia on Sunday. The Scots have defeated a second-string Fiji side and Portugal this month either side ...

A man has been found guilty of murdering a two-year-old girl who was found dead in a locked bathroom at a temporary housing unit. Isabella Wheildon’s body was found in a pushchair at the address in ...

The Queen has insisted the “show must go on” after pulling out of the 2024 Royal Variety Performance because of lingering symptoms from a chest infection.

The stricken firm has set a deadline of the end of next week for potential buyers to snap up its remaining shops in the UK and Ireland ...

A status red rain warning has been issued for two counties in Ireland as Storm Bert is expected to hit the island this weekend. The warning will be in effect for Galway and Cork on Saturday from ...

Ange Postecoglou insists his Tottenham squad will not be “down in the dumps” ahead of Saturday’s trip to Manchester City despite Rodrigo Bentancur being the latest player to join the list of absentees ...

New head coach Ruben Amorim says he “truly believes” in Manchester United’s squad and that he is the right man to take the club back to the top. The 39-year-old former Sporting Lisbon boss was named ...

BUSINESSES in Galashiels have supported establishing a Business Improvement District (BID) in the town. The vote, which had a "strong" turnout, secures the delivery of an ambitious business plan for ...