The Scottish First Minister will announce his Government’s plans and priorities for the coming year in a flagship statement to Holyrood on Tuesday.

Nine other regional Russian airports also temporarily stopped operating as drones reportedly struck areas along the border with Ukraine.

The SNP leader has been campaigning in Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonhouse, where a vote is being held after the death of Christina McKelvie.

A report from the Royal College of Emergency Medicine shows that rising numbers of elderly and frail people are enduring very long waits.

Pro-Palestinian groups campaigned for venues to cancel the dates, claiming the performances ‘would have whitewashed’ the war in the Gaza Strip.

Bank holiday traffic came to a standstill in Somerset when both sides of the M5 were closed due to a goat running down the busy motorway.

Public anger over the decision to strip winter fuel payments from millions of pensioners contributed to Labour’s hammering at the ballot box, Cabinet minister Wes Streeting has acknowledged.

Friedrich Merz’s bid to become Germany’s 10th chancellor has failed in the first round of voting in parliament by six votes. Mr Merz, the conservative leader, was expected to win the vote on Tuesday.

The roommate of a British student nurse has been charged with her murder after she was stabbed to death in Texas. Elizabeth Odunsi, known to her friends and family as Tamilore Odunsi, was found with ...

The oil major saw its shares lift on Tuesday, following reports its biggest rival is weighing whether to launch a takeover bid.

But Health Secretary Wes Streeting said the amendment ‘does not change’ his view on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill as a whole.

Girls and pupils from disadvantaged secondary schools will be prioritised for new government support to support them to study maths and into AI-based careers. Ministers have announced around £8.2 ...