John Swinney has said he is “concerned” the UK could be drawn into the escalating conflict in the Middle East. Tensions escalated further over the weekend as the US struck three of Iran’s nuclear ...

Drones and missiles hit residential areas, hospitals and sports infrastructure in numerous districts across Kyiv, emergency services said.

He said he was determined to deal with inequalities and racism in the health service as he launched a probe into NHS maternity services.

Preventing Iran obtaining a nuclear weapon is a “good thing” for the UK, Downing Street said, as it declined to comment on whether US strikes on the country were legal. A Number 10 spokesman said the ...

A woman in her 40s has died and nine other people have been injured after two cars crashed on the M4 motorway. A seven-seater Toyota Corolla and a Volkswagen Tiguan collided between junctions 16 and ...

A consultation on introducing the UK’s first road congestion charge for more than two decades has been launched. Oxfordshire County Council said it is proposing to charge drivers £5 per day to enter ...

The speed of disclosure to the Omagh Bombing Inquiry “must increase”, counsel to the proceedings has said. The Omagh Bombing Inquiry, chaired by Lord Turnbull, is hearing opening statements from core ...

A new maternity investigation is set to focus on the 10 “worst performing” maternity services in England. Leeds and Sussex maternity services will be examined as part of the investigation, officials ...

Rachel Reeves condemned Palestine Action ahead of an update from the Home Secretary to Parliament on Monday on the Government’s plan to ban ...

Farming leaders warning of the need to invest in water infrastructure to make food production more resilient to climate change.

The party leader said he was ‘not clever enough’ to answer questions about a warning over how the policy could hit Britain’s economy.

A SEX attacker who raped a young woman at Trump Turnberry has been jailed for six years. Zubair Syed was today sentenced at the High Court in Glasgow. The 34-year-old carried out the violent attack - ...