Young volunteers will serve in France’s mainland and overseas territories only, not in its military operations abroad, Mr ...

Chris Packham has urged MPs to “listen to the science” on climate change as he warned of a “dangerous wave of misinformation”. The TV presenter and naturalist attended an “emergency climate change ...

The Met Office has issued a yellow alert covering Orkney, Shetland and western parts of the Highlands and Argyll and Bute.

The Prime Minister rejected claims the scrapping of the two-child cap had been announced to shore up his own position.

Scottish Finance Secretary Shona Robison said the Chancellor had shown an ‘astonishing level of arrogance’ with the comment.

The fresh commitments to their businesses in the UK come a day after the autumn Budget statement, in which banks escaped target tax rises which many in the industry had feared. Chancellor Rachel ...

The Institute for Fiscal Studies’ director Helen Miller called on the Chancellor to be more ambitious about measures to boost growth.

Rachel Reeves has insisted taxes have been kept at “an absolute minimum on ordinary working people”, even as an influential think tank said low-to-middle earners would have been better off with their ...

Bosses said the business was buoyed by a ‘recovery’ in the cycling market, warm summer weather and ‘fantastic’ sales of children’s bikes.

Latest figures show the number dropped to 204,000 in the year to June 2025, down 69 year-on-year from 649,000.

An Ayrshire beauty queen aiming for the Miss Great Britain title is set to brave the region's icy waters to raise money for charity.