Sara Sharif’s father has confessed to killing the 10-year-old but insisted he did not mean to “harm” her when he bound and beat her with a cricket bat. Taxi driver Urfan Sharif, 42, had sought to ...

The UK Government announced its decision to relinquish sovereignty over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius last month.

KATE Forbes has said Stephen Flynn would be a “brilliant asset” to the Scottish Parliament. Scotland’s Deputy First Minister said the SNP Westminster leader is “exactly the kind of person” needed at ...

Cian Healy is set to move alongside Brian O’Driscoll as Ireland’s most-capped international after being named among the replacements for Friday’s clash with Argentina. Leinster prop Healy, who made ...

THE owner of two Scottish airports has been sold for more than £1 billion, it has been announced. AGS Airports, which operates Glasgow, Aberdeen and Southampton Airports, has been acquired by German ...

TOMMY Robinson has pleaded not guilty to charges under schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act 2000. The far-right agitator appeared at Westminster Magistrates Court on Wednesday accused of failing to provide ...

Planning for a “smooth transition” at the Grangemouth refinery should have started five years ago, MSPs have been told.

Iceni Projects has submitted the proposal to Glasgow City Council to transform the land which lies to the east of the basin of the docks. The public open space would include green space, pedestrian ...

Paediatrician Dr Ravi Jayaram walked into a room in the Countess of Chester Hospital where nurse Lucy Letby had dislodged a baby’s breathing tube.

The witness told the inquiry that a sample of the nerve agent the size of ‘a third to a sixth of a grain of salt’ could be fatal to a human.

Finlay MacDonald, 41, is accused of a shooting spree on the island on August 10, 2022. He denies a charge of murder, and two charges of attempted murder. He also denies attempting to murder his wife ...

PROPOSALS for a new holiday park in the Borders have been unveiled. The development, which would include 40 luxury lodges, is being put forward for a site in Earlsheugh, near Jedburgh. The company ...