The National Assembly said the no-confidence motion requires at least 288 of 574 votes to pass. The left and the far right ...

A Japanese court has sentenced an Australian woman to six years in prison for smuggling amphetamines into the country – ...

For the second year in a row, Taylor Swift has been named Spotify’s most-played artist, with more than 26.6 billion streams.

The Scottish Government froze council tax last year, angering local government leaders facing financial pressures.

The US President. who has long been dubbed ‘Amtrak Joe’ over his use of trains in America, helped showcase the Lobito ...

Sinn Fein leaders have insisted their party’s performance in Ireland’s General Election is not a setback for the campaign for Irish reunification. Party leader Mary Lou McDonald had vowed to deliver a ...

Stephen Gethins, the SNP MP for Arbroath and Broughty Ferry, asked Scottish Secretary Ian Murray whether his party’s message north of the border is that voters should elect Labour “to stop Labour”. It ...

Kevin Sinfield paid tribute to the late Doddie Weir as he passed the halfway mark in his latest ultra-marathon challenge in aid of research ...

THE Finance Secretary has said her Budget for the coming year “offers hope for Scotland’s future”, with 60 of Scots estimated by ...

The King and Queen have waved off the Emir of Qatar and his wife at the end of their two-day state visit to the UK. Charles and Camilla stood on the steps of Buckingham Palace to watch Sheikh Tamim ...

Campaigners have welcomed money for affordable homes in the Scottish Budget, but say it merely reverses cuts in previous years. Living Rent said the scale of the housing shortage means the £768 ...

Killer nurse Lucy Letby maintains her innocence, her lawyer said on Wednesday, hours after police confirmed she has been interviewed over more suspicious deaths of babies.