The SNP leader made clear he would serve a full five-year term if his party wins next May’s Scottish Parliament election.

The National Police Chiefs’ Council said responsibility for the accuracy of posts lies with users, platforms and regulators.

New powers for judges are among the measures in the Government’s Victims and Courts Bill to be introduced to Parliament on Wednesday.

John Swinney has said it is a “huge privilege” to be First Minister, but accepted his rise to the top job in Scottish politics “wasn’t part of a well-crafted plan”. He said he had considered standing ...

The research will boost the health service’s ability to ‘move quickly towards personalised, preventative care’, officials said.

The research from Scottish Widows highlighted several groups of people who may be at particular risk of falling short financially in retirement.

While millions rejoiced across a devastated Europe as the guns finally fell silent on VE Day, British paratrooper Peter Belcher was witnessing the worst of Nazi Germany at a concentration camp. He was ...

The Government’s aims for the NHS – to shift care from hospitals into the community and to prevent ill health – can be accelerated through better investment in mental health services, a report says.

Eighteen-year-olds will be allowed to drive trains amid concerns over driver shortages. The minimum age to take on the role in Britain is to be lowered from 20, the Department for Transport (DfT) has ...

More than 150 rare photographs showing behind-the-scenes wartime film-making have been released to mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day. The images, released by Historic England, also highlight the ...

Treasury secretary Scott Bessent and trade representative Jamieson Greer will meet their counterparts in Geneva.