By Karen Dingle This week is Carer’s Week, and I was asked to write about my experience of being a carer. The question is: ...

The Scottish Government’s devolved version of the winter fuel payment will match the value of the UK benefit, John Swinney has announced. Chancellor Rachel Reeves confirmed last week that the payment ...

A Metropolitan Police officer who strip searched a 15-year-old schoolgirl thought she was “doing the right thing”, a misconduct panel has heard. The girl, known as Child Q, was strip searched by ...

Police are investigating after a human leg was found on a beach. Officers were called to the scene on Prestwick Beach in South Ayrshire on the morning of June 10. Police Scotland said investigations ...

The loved ones of a baby boy wept as his alleged killer appeared in court. Former high school teacher Jamie Varley, 36, is accused of the murder and sexual assault of 13-month-old Preston Davey in ...

Suspended Tory MP Patrick Spencer has denied two counts of sexual assault allegedly carried out at central London’s Groucho club. Spencer, the MP for Central Suffolk and North Ipswich, allegedly ...

The family of three Britons who were killed in the Air India plane crash are calling on the UK Government to provide more support on the ground in India. Akeel Nanabawa, his wife Hannaa Vorajee and ...

The Government has announced plans to invest what it says is a record £7.9 billion in flood defences over the next 10 years. The Environment Department (Defra) said the money will be spent on rolling ...

Baroness Louise Casey’s findings on grooming gangs are set to be announced on Monday, as Sir Keir Starmer’s commitment to a statutory inquiry has gained mixed reaction. Home Secretary Yvette Cooper is ...

Scotland’s First Minister has called for de-escalation in the Middle East as he warned the conflict between Israel and Iran could escalate to “a very dark place”. Attacks from both sides have ramped ...

Britons are set to bask in a heatwave this weekend, with some places hotter than parts of southern Europe. Forecasters are expecting temperatures to soar to 32C in the south of the UK by Saturday – ...

The UK Government is planning for “a variety of developments” as other countries stepped up efforts to bring back citizens stranded in Israel. The Foreign Office has advised against all travel to ...