Mr Swinney succeeds Humza Yousaf in the post, and will almost certainly become Scotlan’ds next first minister later this week.

New restaurants, offices and shopping centres in England will be required to provide single-sex toilets. Ministers say the changes will “alleviate safety, privacy and dignity concerns”. Women and ...

She died 15 years after her diagnosis and showed ‘it is possible to live life to the full with cancer’, the charity said.

The Met Office has issued yellow weather warnings for parts of central and southern Scotland, Wales and parts of England on May 6. It warns that spray and sudden flooding may create difficult driving ...

The Perthshire North MSP was the only candidate standing for leader when the nominations closed at noon on Monday.

Simon Harris and Pedro Sanchez spoke in a telephone conversation on Monday morning following discussions last month.

Everyone going on holiday this year has been warned to double check their bookings after more than £10m were lost to holiday scams last year. New figures from Action Fraud reveal the scale of would-be ...

The defence minister warned of ‘a powerful operation in the very near future in Rafah and other places across all of Gaza’.

Leaving a device plugged in and switched on at the mains will use electricity, even if the device itself isn’t in use ...

The state of politics takes the lead this bank holiday, with most newspapers splashing on last week’s elections and the upcoming general election. The Daily Express says tax cuts are the only thing it ...