There are more levers which could be used to tackle child poverty than scrapping the two-child benefit cap, the Deputy Prime Minister has said as the Scottish Government seeks to mitigate it.

Colin Stonehouse, 36, and David Kirkbride, 28, joined a crowd of protesters who caused damage to a hotel housing asylum seekers in Staffordshire.

A “popular, well-liked” teenager was fatally stabbed near a bus station in a town centre, police have said. Thomas Taylor, 17, was attacked by a group of males at 5.50pm on Wednesday as he walked ...

Mr Lynch said he was incredibly proud to have served the RMT both as a rank-and-file member and an elected officer.

Veronica Wilson spoke to John Swinney about the unsolved killing of her husband Alistair at their home in Nairn in 2004.

Provisional Home Office figures show 547,000 applications were received between April and December 2024, down from 942,500 in the same period ...

Quentin Willson, founder of FairCharge and advisory board member of EVUK, said: “The fact that Stellantis has hit their Zev mandate for 2024 shows what we’ve always said – the mandate is achievable.

It comes despite a slowdown in nightclub closures over the past year, with a net reduction of 13 venues in 2024.

Telecoms giant BT has announced a huge order for thousands of new electric vehicles. The company said the 3,500 new vehicles ...

The president-elect has often criticised his predecessor who is lying in state ahead of his funeral in Washington on Thursday ...

A daytime Russian missile attack on the southern Ukraine city of Zaporizhzhia has killed at least 13 civilians and injured ...

A celebrity osteopath who has pleaded guilty to three counts of voyeurism is under further police investigation after the discovery of more recording devices, a court has heard.