Anglers heading for the River Drowes on New Year’s Day in search of Ireland’s first salmon of 2026 were let off the hook at the eleventh hour.

South Yorkshire Police told the family of a 17-year-old who was badly injured in a crash in Rotherham last month that he had died.

Aberdeenshire Council said there is a ‘good chance’ some rural communities will be cut off and there may be power cuts.

The advisers found Ms Constance had unintentionally misled Holyrood by claiming Prof Jay agreed with her view there did not need to be a grooming gang inquiry in Scotland during a debate in September, ...

Bail has been refused in the case of a horrific kidnap and sexual attack alleged to have been committed against a young male last year.

The annual stocktake, which lasts around a week, is a condition of the zoo’s licence – although in reality numbers are something staff keep track of throughout the year. This year marked the zoo’s ...

Stormont’s main parties remain at loggerheads over proposals for a new multi-year budget after the Finance Minister published his version of the spending plan.

Technology Secretary Liz Kendall said Elon Musk’s X must urgently deal with its artificial intelligence Grok being used to create sexualised deepfake images. She backed regulator Ofcom, which is ...

Independent advisers to Scotland’s First Minister have now concluded an investigation into whether Angela Constance breached the ministerial code.

Prof Stewart agreed with Mr Rawlinson, for the McQueen family, when he asked whether the CTE “more than minimally, negligibly or trivially” contributed to the death and that “heading the ball” ...

The 41-year-old football boss received a fine and penalty points after fog thwarted his attempt to avoid a criminal conviction.

The Birmingham bins dispute remains deadlocked a year after council workers first took strike action in a bitter row over pay. Members of Unite walked out on January 6 last year and have been on all ...