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Launch of SpaceX’s Starship rocket called off

The stainless steel Starship is 120 metres tall, has 33 engines and 16.7 million pounds of thrust.

Gilruth: Government will have ‘relentless focus’ on closing attainme...

Education Secretary Jenny Gilruth wrote an open letter to teachers on Monday.

Autistic man, 22, jailed for killing fisherman in ’20-second burst o...

Draven Jewell was cleared of murdering father-of-one Max Maguire but convicted of manslaughter.

Italy pushes on with migrants crackdown as hundreds land in Sicily a...

Legislation put forward by Giorgia Meloni’s government aims to make it harder for migrants to gain temporary permission to stay in Italy.

Police officer and former officer to be prosecuted following sharing...

It is understood one of the officers has already been dismissed from the PSNI, while the other is suspended.

Number of people in very deep poverty rises by almost half since 199...

The Joseph Rowntree Foundation found 460,000 people in Scotland were living in very deep poverty between 2017-2020, an increase of 48% since 1997.

‘Running Man’ named as fatal hit-and-run victim

Police are hunting the driver of a stolen car which killed keen jogger David Francis, 63.

Sarwar: We can get support for by-election after Ferrier’s Covid bre...

Anas Sarwar said he was confident of getting a recall petition in Margaret Ferrier’s seat if she is banned from the Commons for 10 days or more.

How can I get to central London for the coronation?

Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to be in the centre of the capital for the King’s coronation.

Italian police net two tons of cocaine found floating in sea

The ‘catch’ had an estimated street value of about 400 million euros (£354 million), authorities said.

Government accused of warm words but little action on racial inequal...

Women and equalities minister Kemi Badenoch said ‘substantial progress’ had been made in the past year.

Man admits role in smuggling migrants to Britain in small boats

Four others denied their involvement and will face trial later this year.

Fatal accident inquiry to be held into death of Darryl Goodwin in po...

Mr Goodwin, 31, died in custody at Govan Road on June 26 2021.

Chances of securing preferred primary school place ‘depends on regio...

Early findings suggest that many local authorities have seen a rise in the proportion of children receiving their first choice of primary school.

Family of murdered British-Israelis thank Government as they return...

Lucy Dee, 48, and two of her daughters, Maia, 20 and Rina, 15, were shot dead by terrorists in the West Bank

Unionism needs to ‘give itself a shake’ over Stormont return – Gerry...

The former Sinn Fein leader spoke to the media with Bertie Ahern and Jonathan Powell at a conference in Belfast.

Wes Streeting: PM ‘completely absent’ from NHS pay dispute

The shadow health secretary urged Rishi Sunak to intervene to bring an end to the deadlock between the Government and unions.

Sarwar challenges ‘divided and distracted’ SNP to call early Holyroo...

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar issued the challenge as he made a speech in First Minister’s Humza Yousaf’s Glasgow Pollok constituency.

Two men found guilty of charges relating to David Byrne murder at Re...

A judgment in relation to the charge of murder against Gerry ‘The Monk’ Hutch is due to be given in the afternoon.

Teenager sentenced over disorder outside hotel hosting asylum seeker...

Jared Skeete pleaded guilty to violent disorder last month.