Scotland’s top civil servant will leave the post next year, the Scottish Government has announced. After three years in the role, Permanent Secretary John Paul Marks will move to head up HM Revenue ...

The ninth phase of hearings in the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry (SCAI) is set to open in the spring with an investigation of residential care for children and young people with long-term health needs.

The former first minister has reflected on his fateful decision to end the SNP’s powersharing deal with the Scottish Greens.

Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev described journalists at the newspaper as ‘legitimate military targets’.

A "chop shop" near Stansted Airport has led police to stolen vehicles and car parts worth £400,000. Essex Police were alerted by the Metropolitan Police on December 9 about a stolen vehicle ...

Thomas Johnson, 19, was driving at speeds of more than 100mph before crashing on the A415 in Oxfordshire and killing three of his friends.

Chelsea head coach Enzo Maresca said he believes Mykhailo Mudryk did not knowingly take a banned supplement. The 23-year-old has missed the last five matches having returned a positive drugs test with ...

Counter-terrorism police are seeing a rapid increase in the number of suspects fascinated with extreme violence, whose search histories are like “a pick and mix of horror”, a senior officer has said.

Nasen Saadi, 20, of Croydon, south London, was also found guilty at Winchester Crown Court of the attempted murder of Ms Gray’s friend, 39-year-old Leanne Miles, as the pair were enjoying a late-night ...

Not guilty pleas have been entered on behalf of the teenager accused of killing three children at a dance class in Southport after he failed to speak in court. Axel Rudakubana, of Banks, Lancashire, ...