The NHS has been ordered to drive improvements in hospital waiting times and cancer care while at the same time cutting costs ...

Broadcaster Sally Magnusson is to step down from presenting BBC Scotland’s flagship news programme, Reporting Scotland, after 27 years. She began presenting the show in 1998, when it was broadcast ...

One rail route north of the border remains closed following damage caused by the severe conditions last Friday.

Argos is “exploring all options” to remain in Elgin after the closure of the St Giles Centre, Moray’s MSP has been told. Richard Lochhead, the area’s SNP MSP, met Argos representatives this week to ...

The Work and Pensions Secretary, who will set out sweeping reforms to sickness and disability benefits in the spring, said ...

John Swinney has been challenged to “tell the truth to the thousands of Scottish patients who are waiting in agony” and set ...

A Labour MP has called for Heathrow airport to be renamed after Queen Elizabeth II to mark a century since her birth. Adam ...

Providers delivering franchised higher education courses in England face tighter controls in a bid to crack down on “rogue ...

The vast majority (91%) of penalty notices were for unauthorised family holidays, the Department for Education said.

The Bishop of Liverpool has resigned after allegations of sexual assault and harassment were made against him. The Right Reverend Dr John Perumbalath said he had decided to retire without any ...

The Princess of Wales has been named patron of a children’s hospice as she arrived at the institution to meet youngsters with life-shortening conditions and their families. Kate has followed in the ...