SNP leader John Swinney has insisted his party is “financially strong” in the wake of an announcement its staff numbers could be cut from 26 to 16.

Zoe Ball will step down from presenting BBC Radio 2’s Breakfast Show next month to “focus on family”, but said she is “really chuffed” for Scott Mills who will take over the slot.

The best-selling virtual building game Minecraft is to become a real-life destination in a deal with UK-based theme park owner Merlin. Merlin, the owner of Legoland, Alton Towers and Thorpe Park, has ...

Former Russian spy Sergei Skripal, his daughter Yulia and former police officer Nick Bailey were all poisoned by Novichok in Salisbury in March 2018.

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has declined to say which way he will vote on the assisted dying debate next week. He said he does not want to put pressure on other MPs by “indicating and adding to ...

Sinn Fein has pledged to deliver a mini-budget in its first 100 days of government and “real” cost-of-living measures as it unveiled its election manifesto. Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald said ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin formally lowered the threshold for Russia’s use of its nuclear weapons on Tuesday, a move ...

The Health Secretary told the Commons he would ‘grip’ the issue of doctor substitution and transparency for patients.

Just hours later the ex-politicians and pro-democracy activists were sentenced to four to 10 years in prison in Hong Kong’s biggest national security case under a Beijing-imposed law that crushed the ...

A new national police body should be set up to move the service on from a model designed in the 1960s before the internet and mobile phones, chief officers have said. Chairman of the National Police ...

All pensioner households in Northern Ireland affected by cuts to winter fuel support are to receive a one-off payment of £100. Communities Minister Gordon Lyons said the payment would be made before ...

Plans have been submitted for major changes at a popular Hatfield gym, including a new spa area and padel courts.