Police Scotland has said the investigation into the former first minister, and ex-SNP treasurer Colin Beattie, has ended.

The First Minister also said he shared the relief of Nicola Sturgeon and fellow SNP MSP Colin Beattie after they were officially cleared.

Israel blamed the renewed fighting on Hamas because the militant group rejected a new proposal that departed from their ...

Talks aimed at ending a strike by refuse collectors have ended without a breakthrough. Members of Unite in Birmingham launched an all-out strike earlier this month in a long-running dispute over pay.

The Irish premier said the ‘deploring and shocking’ bombings of Gaza have led to the deaths of ‘so many innocent people’.

They follow in the footsteps of artists including Sir Elton John, Kate Bush, Beatles star Sir Paul McCartney and Bruce Springsteen.

During a packed day of engagements, Camilla hosted an event for survivors of domestic abuse and she and Charles also tested their baking skills.

Foreign Secretary David Lammy said envoys ‘should give equal weight to their contacts in business and politics’.

The detention of Ekrem Imamoglu was viewed by many as a politically driven attempt to eliminate a key rival to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

The King and Queen have begun a second day of engagements on their visit to Northern Ireland. Charles and Camilla started the day in the north-west of the region in the town of Limavady where they ...

The family of a four-year-old girl who died in a house fire have paid tribute to their “smiling star”. Kiana-Lee Wallace – known as Kiki – died at the scene of a house fire on Kingsley Road in ...

Sir Keir Starmer has said a meeting of defence chiefs will turn the idea of a peacekeeping force for Ukraine from a political concept to “military plans”.