For 2024-25, Scotland has a net fiscal deficit of minus £26.2 billion – an increase of £5.1 billion from the previous year – with this the representing minus 11.6% of the country’s GDP. The UK deficit ...

The revelation of the number of potential victims comes after Scotland Yard apologised for the distress suffered.

Beccles Carnival has announced it has teamed up with Leon Mallet, Norfolk singer, to release a new music single about Beccles and the carnival.

Fashion accessories chain Claire’s has appointed administrators for its UK and Ireland business, putting around 2,150 jobs at risk. The US parent firm for the high street retailer said it has filed a ...

US Vice-President JD Vance has arrived in Scotland as part of a family holiday to the UK. The Republican’s stay is expected to require a considerable policing operation.

Claire's stores in the UK, including those in Ipswich and Bury St Edmunds, will remain open after the retailer's owners declared bankruptcy.

Previous management at the University of Dundee “fell well short” of the standards expected of them, the interim boss has said in his response to a damning report.

Health analysts have said they have spotted a “contradiction” in NHS data as they called for more transparency in the way waiting list figures are reported. Experts suggest that more patients are ...

Nicola Sturgeon’s “Stalinist” approach to leadership had “disastrous” consequences for the SNP, former SNP MP Joanna Cherry has told an audience at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

A UK-based charity in a “desperate race” to save people from landmines has won a global humanitarian prize for its work. The Mines Advisory Group (MAG) has been selected as the 2025 recipient of the ...

Donald Trump’s interventions over the Ukraine war have created a “viable” chance of a ceasefire, but Britain stands ready to “increase pressure” on Russia if necessary, Sir Keir Starmer has said.

Valley Wash and Lower Road in Hundon, near Haverhill, will shut for flood prevention works two years after Storm Babet.