The news that BBC’s head of books, Di Speirs, was due to leave the corporation after 34 years, was greeted as the end of an ...

A court has granted permission for former South Australian Liberal leader David Speirs to travel overseas, at his first appearance on a drug charge. Mr Speirs, 39, has been embroiled in ...

The BBC National Short Story Award with Cambridge University (NSSA) is opening for submissions, marking its 20th year.

Followed categories will be added to My News. Mr Speirs also used his first court appearance, on Friday, to deliver a three-minute address to the media thanking them for attending, saying he had ...

A 12-year-old Tang Soo Do student from Caithness has completed a family treble by achieving a black belt in the Korean ...

Former Liberal leader David Speirs has been given the right to make an overseas trip in his first court appearance on a drug supply charge – and then got political. Mr Speirs also used his first ...

The man who led South Australia’s Liberal Party has fronted court for the first time on a shock drug supply charge, where he was awarded a small win. David Speirs, who led the embattled state ...

He was preceded by his solicitor Dominic Agresta about 10.45am. Mr Speirs declined to comment as he entered the courthouse, saying he would give a statement after the hearing. Inside, he and Mr ...