Scotland’s First Minister has hinted that the already scaled-back programme for the 2026 Commonwealth Games could be cut further if costs spiral.

Homes should be sold with “garden performance certificates” similar to those which analyse energy efficiency, to support health, wellbeing and nature, horticulture experts have suggested.

Speaking to the PA news agency, Mr Swinney said the Government has secured assurances that the cost of the event will be met through funding from the Commonwealth Games Foundation and Commonwealth ...

Pep Guardiola has sparked a fresh club-versus-country row after Kyle Walker returned from recent international duty injured. The right-back missed Manchester City’s victory at Wolves on Sunday and ...

Scottish Government official Andrew Slorance, 49, died in December 2020 at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow.

The 2024 Autumn Budget will be held on Wednesday, October 30 shortly after 12:30pm. This is expected to last approximately an hour. The last budget was held under the previous government and took ...

The board was asked by Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood to reconsider its recommendation that farm worker Steven Ling should be released.

It came as the financial agency held its forecasts for the global economy steady for 2024, with a slight downgrade for next ...

South Korea’s spy agency said on Friday it had confirmed that North Korea sent 1,500 special operation forces to Russia earlier in October.

More than 50 other people were injured during the air strikes that destroyed several buildings facing the Rafik Hariri University Hospital.

Experts also highlighted ‘stark inequalities’, with people in the most deprived areas twice as likely to develop head and neck cancer ...

Around 1,100 inmates are expected to be freed in a second wave of early releases under the Government’s policy to free up prison space.