The Scottish First Minister has hailed his Government’s tax and spending plans for 2026-27, which were unveiled at Holyrood on Tuesday.

A brand new job club, designed to help people find employment, has officially opened in Bridgwater after success in its Taunton branch.

Officials and industry hail results as win for bills and investment, but opponents raise concerns over high prices and impact on wildlife.

When he announced the plan, Sir Keir Starmer had said people “will not be able to work in the United Kingdom” if they did not have digital ID as part of a bid to crack down on illegal immigration.

Scotland’s First Minister is “deeply concerned” he learned about a seized Venezuelan-linked oil tanker in the Moray Firth from media reports. The Marinera, a Russian-flagged vessel previously known as ...

Recently, the coin sold for £125 on eBay following a mini bidding war, selling for around 250 times its face value. Until recently it was the rarest 50p in circulation, but it has since been overtaken ...

The report comes as the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has warned that fuel margins remain high, leaving drivers paying too much ...

Somerset’s new bowler, Josh Shaw, who signed from Gloucestershire at the end of last season, has set his sights on helping his new club to win ...

The whole of Somerset is set to be battered by a new yellow weather warning lasting nearly all day, according to the Met Office.

A construction crane has fallen on to a moving passenger train in north-eastern Thailand, causing a fiery derailment that killed at least 29 people. Another 64 people were injured and rescuers are ...

In a letter to committee chairwoman Dame Karen Bradley, the senior police figure said that evidence given to the committee by himself and Assistant Chief Constable Mike O’Hara that wrong intelligence ...