Labour MP Michael Shanks said the timing of Anas Sarwar’s move from Holyrood to the House of Lords had been a ‘surprise’.

More than 5,000 people have backed a petition calling for a universal State Pension from age 60 worth £610.08 a week.

The FTSE 250 firm, which has a market capitalisation worth more than £4 billion, cheered a ‘strong’ performance for the half-year.

The UK economy will barely grow next year if disruption to the Strait of Hormuz linked to the Iran war continues until the end of 2026, Treasury officials have briefed the Prime Minister. Internal ...

The official response to the devastation has been complicated by the ongoing crises of deep poverty and civil warfare.

Comedian Jasper Carrott said he is “so proud” of his actress daughter Lucy Davis after she revealed she has been diagnosed with incurable breast cancer. The Office star, 53, revealed her condition on ...

Parts of a major Marvel blockbuster were filmed right here in Berkshire. Scenes for Avengers: Doomsday, which is set to hit cinemas from mid-December, were shot at Shadowbox Studios Shinfield, located ...

The last eclipse which was visible in Ireland was in 1999. The queue continued for hundreds of yards (Jonathan McCambridge/PA) The eclipse will be visible just after 6pm in Irish ...

The Prime Minister will chair an emergency Cobra committee later on Wednesday in response to a prolonged spell of exceptionally hot and dry weather.

But the Harper case also raises wider questions about what we expect our prisons to do and what happens when the system is under so much pressure that capacity begins to drive policy.  Our prisons are ...

Reform UK home affairs spokesperson Zia Yusuf said on social media that former defence secretary Sir Ben Wallace “took out a superinjunction to keep the British people in the dark” over a 2022 data ...

Director of Armagh Observatory and Planetarium, Professor Michael Burton, said visitors feel part of the “cosmic happening”, as the Moon is set to cover more than 90% of the Sun in a partial solar ...