Scottish Government funding for a golf tournament at Donald Trump’s Aberdeenshire course was not an attempt to “butter up” the US president, John Swinney has said.

A nurse has denied the manslaughter of a man who died after being taken into custody. Sean Cregg, 35, appeared at the Old Bailey on Tuesday over the death of William Cameron, 38, in January 2020.

Donald Trump has departed Scotland as his five-day visit comes to an end, with Air Force One taking off from RAF Lossiemouth in Moray. The president concluded his trip by opening a new golf course at ...

A former senior police officer has been selected to fill an Ulster Unionist Party Assembly seat in North Antrim. Jon Burrows was selected after an internal party process on Tuesday. Former North ...

The High Court in London ruled earlier this week that the will of a man believed to be the IRA agent known as Stakeknife will not be made public.

The UK will recognise the state of Palestine “in September” unless Israel takes “substantive steps” to end the “appalling situation in Gaza”, Sir Keir Starmer has told the Cabinet. The Prime Minister ...

“Significant concerns” regarding safety and quality of care persist at a hospital which is at the centre of a national review into maternity services in England, according to a new report. More than ...

Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara has said he will seek a fourth term leading the West African nation, which is due to hold elections in October. His candidacy is contested after he changed the ...

Plans to build a third floor of flats on top of an existing building in Eastover, Bridgwater have been refused by Somerset Council.

The cheapest areas in Somerset for a pint have been revealed after a new report was published ranking the cheapest cities and towns.

TV stars Cat Deeley and Patrick Kielty have announced their separation after more than a decade of marriage. They wed in September 2012 at a ceremony in Rome and have two children together. They said ...

Nine men who were jailed for sexually abusing a teenage girl who a judge said was treated as a “human sexual commodity” should have their sentences increased, the Court of Appeal has been told.