SCOTLAND'S council debt has leapt by 11 per cent in just a year - potentially leaving all three Ayrshire authorities facing some difficult decisions when it comes to their budgets for 2026. A BBC ...

The business, previously known as Boohoo Group, said it has cut its staff headcount by 30 as part of efforts to reduce costs.

Tory leader Kemi Badenoch accused Reform UK of “copying our homework” with its immigration proposals after the rival party announced plans to seek returns agreements with countries such as Taliban-run ...

Poundland has avoided entering administration after a restructuring plan was approved by a judge at the High Court, days before the company was due to run out of money. Barristers for the retailer had ...

Sir Keir Starmer’s official spokesman said Vladimir Putin and others were stalling peace talks and having ‘unrealistic’ asks.

President Donald Trump has vowed to impose new tariffs and export curbs on countries with digital taxes or regulations that affect American technology companies. Mr Trump did not mention specific ...

A long spell of above-average temperatures means this summer will “almost certainly” be the UK’s warmest on record, according to new figures from the Met Office. The country would have to see several ...

On Tuesday, the trio, comprising O hAnnaidh, Naoise O Caireallain and JJ O’Dochartaigh, announced their new track Sayonara would be released digitally on September 2 after performing it at festivals ...

Reform UK would seek to deport up to 600,000 asylum seekers in its first parliament if elected to government. Nigel Farage warned of a “genuine threat to public order” without action to tackle illegal ...

Corporal Robin McNamara, 33, presented his personal journey to hundreds of visitors to Army Expo, held in Edinburgh for the first time. The event was an immersive display of warfighting capability ...

Three people were killed and another seriously injured when the helicopter came down during a flying lesson on the Isle of Wight.

An asylum seeker hotel resident attempted to kiss a 14-year-old girl and told her he wanted to have a baby with her after she offered him pizza because he looked hungry, a court heard.