On Friday at 11am, John Swinney met with representatives from the My Name’5 Doddie Foundation – a charity set up in honour of Doddie Weir, a Scottish rugby union player who died of motor neurone ...

From the death of former taoiseach John Bruton, to the unexpected resignation of Leo Varadkar as premier, the year has been dominated by politics.

The Prime Minister has called on Britain’s regulators to do more to prioritise growth as he seeks to improve living standards by 2029.

Manmohan Singh, the former Indian prime minister widely regarded as the architect of the country’s economic reform programme, ...

Earlier this month, senior defence officials acknowledged that the US Defence Department may not be able to send all of the ...

Hundreds gathered in Hong Kong on Saturday to watch the city’s first pyrotechnics drone show, as part of a campaign to raise support and awareness of panda conservation. The 10-minute drone show ...

More than 1,300 pea-sized Desertas Island land snails have been released after a successful breeding programme by Chester Zoo.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has apologised to his Azerbaijani counterpart for what he called a “tragic incident” following a plane crash in Kazakhstan that killed 38 people.

The Scottish First Minister has urged people to “pay close attention” to weather warnings in place throughout the Hogmanay period. The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for most of the ...

A woman has been charged with murder following the death of a father-of-six on Christmas Day. Kirsty Carless, 33, of Cannock, has been charged over the death of Louis Price, 31, Staffordshire Police ...

Small boat crossings have continued in the English Channel on Saturday despite the morning’s foggy conditions. Pictures showed the Dungeness lifeboat bringing a number of people, thought to have been ...

The Traitors returns to BBC this New Year, while Channel 4 has the latest Gogglebox special, and ITV will have Coronation Street and Emmerdale ...