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Tories write to top civil servant to complain over independence mini...

Jamie Hepburn was appointed to the position this week.

King and German President lay wreaths at Hamburg war memorial

The spire of St Nikolai Memorial Church has become a monument against war.

Man arrested after 40-year-old found dead following fire

Charles Wilson was pronounced dead at the scene in a flat in Renton, West Dunbartonshire, last Saturday.

Kingsmill inquest ‘a painful and frustrating process for victims’ fa...

The long-running proceedings heard final submissions on Friday.

Pledge to freeze council tax ‘not hypothetical’, insists Keir Starme...

The Tories say the commitment ‘isn’t worth the paper it’s written on’ because Labour has no plans to introduce it if in power.

Transport minister welcomes ScotRail anniversary

Kevin Stewart said one of his top priorities would be to improve rail services.

Police seek man released from prison by mistake two days after sente...

Rayon Newby, 20, from east London, had been sentenced to more than three months on March 15 for assault, harassment and burglary.

Tributes paid to ‘irreplaceable’ teenager who died playing football...

A funeral has been held for Andrew MacKinnon, 15, in Edinburgh.

Russia might place strategic nukes in Belarus, Lukashenko says

Earlier, Alexander Lukashenko unexpectedly called for a ceasefire in Ukraine.

Russia might place strategic nuclear weapons in Belarus, Lukashenko...

Earlier, Alexander Lukashenko unexpectedly called for a ceasefire in Ukraine.

Healthcare workers across Northern Ireland stage strike in pay dispu...

Workers across the public sector have been taking industrial action in recent months over concerns that wages are not matching the rate of inflation.

Two boys, aged 14 and 15, held on suspicion of murdering pensioner

Joy Middleditch, who lived in Pakefield, Suffolk, dies in hospital on Monday.

Football fan sentenced over ‘vile’ tweet about Burnley striker Micha...

The player said he felt ‘shocked’ at seeing the racist tweet and asked the judge to make an example of Josh Phillips who sent it.

Autumn trial for man accused of attacking woman he thought was linke...

Joshua Bowles, 29, is accused of punching and stabbing the woman at a leisure centre three miles from the UK intelligence agency’s Cheltenham base.

Murder accused was ‘really keen’ to visit Arthur’s Seat, trial told

Kashif Anwar, 29, denies killing Fawziyah Javed, 31, in Edinburgh on September 2, 2021.

Cheaper HRT prescriptions come into force across England

A prescription prepayment certificate will last for 12 months and cost £19.30 for the year.

Man, 65, admits ‘reckless’ promotion of banned far-right group

Alan Madden pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey to dissemination of a terrorist publication and three counts of stirring up racial hatred.

Judge ’emphatically rejects’ Enoch Burke accusations emailed to High...

The management of Wilson’s Hospital School and the teacher, who is an Evangelical Christian, are involved in a dispute at the court in Dublin

Environment Secretary should resign over sewage discharges, say Lib...

New data shows more than 300,000 spills last year, down from 2021 but because of dry weather, not water company action, the Environment Agency said.

Government turning waterways into open sewers, says opposition

New data shows more than 300,000 spills last year, down from 2021 but because of dry weather, not water company action, the Environment Agency said.