A former head of the Royal Navy in Scotland has recalled how he spent VE Day fearing the Second World War would continue for years in the Far East.

Scotland’s First Minister John Swinney insisted his programme for government is a ‘programme for a better Scotland’.

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The Scottish First Minister promised more GP appointments and to end peak-time rail fares for travellers ‘for good’.

Severe delays are affecting the entire Circle Line following an earlier customer incident.

The UK currently has three cardinals who have flown out to the Vatican to participate in the process. Archbishop of Westminster Vincent Nichols is among the cardinals from the UK helping to elect the ...

The Open Seas coalition accused the Scottish Government of having ‘systematically neglected’ the country’s seabed.

Friedrich Merz has finally succeeded in his bid to become the next German chancellor during a second vote in parliament, hours after he suffered a historic defeat in the first round. The conservative ...

A Holocaust survivor has paid tribute to the “high risks” people took to help Jews during the Second World War. Jacques Weisser, 83, was born in Antwerp during the war and subsequently hidden when his ...

Workers in Spain may soon have 2.5 more hours of weekly rest after the government approved a bill that would reduce the work week from 40 hours to 37.5 hours.

Emergency services received calls alerting them to the blaze at about 2.25pm on Sunday, and firefighters tackled it for almost 24 hours.

The deal follows three years of talks and is set to boost several sectors which are hit especially hard by Donald Trump’s tariffs.