The Scottish Government’s devolved version of the winter fuel payment will match the value of the UK benefit, John Swinney has announced. Chancellor Rachel Reeves confirmed last week that the payment ...

The loved ones of a baby boy wept as his alleged killer appeared in court. Former high school teacher Jamie Varley, 36, is accused of the murder and sexual assault of 13-month-old Preston Davey in ...

Suspended Tory MP Patrick Spencer has denied two counts of sexual assault allegedly carried out at central London’s Groucho club. Spencer, the MP for Central Suffolk and North Ipswich, allegedly ...

The family of three Britons who were killed in the Air India plane crash are calling on the UK Government to provide more support on the ground in India. Akeel Nanabawa, his wife Hannaa Vorajee and ...

The Government has announced plans to invest what it says is a record £7.9 billion in flood defences over the next 10 years. The Environment Department (Defra) said the money will be spent on rolling ...

A 92-year-old man has pleaded not guilty to the rape and murder of a woman who was found strangled in her home almost 58 years ago. Ryland Headley, of Ipswich, Suffolk, will stand trial at Bristol ...

A man accused of murdering a schoolboy during a 20-minute rampage with a Samurai sword has denied re-enacting the violence during a chat about ‘killing films’ in hospital. Marcus Arduini Monzo, 37, ...

ELIGIBLE Islanders will be invited for a cervical screening test every five years instead of every three years if they have a negative HPV test. The change – which applies from July to those with a ...

By Karen Dingle This week is Carer’s Week, and I was asked to write about my experience of being a carer. The question is: ...

Pre-excavation work on the site of a notorious former mother and baby home in Tuam in Co Galway has begun. The preparatory phase, which will last around four weeks, comes ahead of the full-scale ...

A sheriff has noted former Scotland rugby union captain Stuart Hogg’s “complete compliance” with a community payback order, as he said no further review would take place. The 32-year-old pleaded ...

Disclosure work is under way in an inquest into the death of a Belfast man whose badly beaten body was discovered in the Republic of Ireland. The body of Thomas Lockard, 34, was found by the side of a ...