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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.

Around 100 Northern Ireland groups to benefit from UK fund to replac...

The announcement came 24 hours after European Social Fund cash was due to run out.

Sunak says voters will decide whether they think he is out of touch

The Prime Minister visited Darlington as he campaigns for the Tories in the run-up to the May local elections.

Police officer jailed after photographing teenager’s breasts during...

Married father-of-four Paul Hinchcliffe resigned from South Yorkshire Police after the incident in a pub in Wath upon Dearne.

Search launched for Scotland’s next police chief

The Scottish Police Authority is seeking an ‘exceptional’ chief constable for Police Scotland who will command a salary of more than £230,000.

MSPs seek views on new laws to regulate grouse moors

Holyrood’s Rural Affairs Committee is scrutinising the upcoming Wildlife Management and Muirburn Bill.