Not all savings were identified by NS&I and paid to the beneficiaries of estates as they should have been, pensions minister Torsten Bell said.

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has said he is “very keen” for the Government to tackle addictive features within social media following a landmark trial in the US. In a potentially precedent-setting ...

Tehran moved to formalise its control over the crucial Strait of Hormuz while Washington prepared for the arrival of US ...

John Swinney has said he was “blindsided” by the UK Government decision to reject a £1.5 billion wind turbine factory in the north of Scotland. Ming Yang had proposed to build the facility in ...

There has been a fresh wave of support for a fundraiser in memory of the partner of Dunfermline Athletic footballer Graham Carey following news of her death. Carey said on Wednesday he was ...

The SNP leader said the Holyrood election campaign – which got under way on Thursday – is ‘crucial’ for the country.

Gillian Mackay suggested she could share the post with fellow Scottish Green Party co-leader Ross Greer if the party was to win in May.

The OECD published the biggest downgrade to the UK’s growth outlook for 2026 than any other country in the G20 group of ...

Aidan O’Brien’s 2000 Guineas favourite Albert Einstein has been declared to make his eagerly-anticipated return to action in the 1xBet.ie Supports Irish Racing Gladness Stakes at the Curragh on ...

The King’s Speech, where the Government will set out its legislative agenda for the coming year, will take place on May 13. As he announced the date for the agenda-setting ceremonial address by the ...

A man who killed his pregnant girlfriend while on licence for an earlier murder has been handed a whole life order after judges at the Court of Appeal ruled his sentence was “unduly lenient”. Shaine ...

Mohammed Durnion was cleared of murder but found guilty of the manslaughter of Reanne Coulson after setting her body on fire to destroy evidence.