John Swinney said the 2011 election, where the SNP won a majority, leading to the 2014 independence referendum, had set a ‘precedent’.

Air Canada said it would gradually restart operations after reaching an agreement with the union for 10,000 flight attendants to end a strike that disrupted the travel plans of hundreds of thousands ...

By Tuesday, Erin had lost some strength from previous days and dropped to a Category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 105mph, the National Hurricane Centre in Miami said. It was about 650 ...

The First Minister refused to comment on claims made by Nicola Sturgeon about former SNP leader Alex Salmond in her memoirs.

TV and radio presenter Rylan Clark has called for there to be more stories about transgender people amid a “mass wave of hate”. In an appearance at the Edinburgh TV Festival, Clark, 36, who has ...

Epping Forest District Council was granted a temporary High Court injunction on Tuesday blocking asylum seekers from being housed at the Bell Hotel.

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage hailed the High Court decision in Epping as a “victory” and said he hopes it “provides inspiration to others across the country”, while the shadow home secretary argued ...

More than 8,000 people have asked Ofgem to block Tesla from supplying British households with electricity over owner Elon Musk’s “clear political agenda”. The company applied for a licence from the ...

Warrants without bail were issued for Sarah Jordan, 35, of no fixed abode, and Amber Clarke, 24, of Nine Elms, south-west London.

Chris Whitbread was speaking after Epping Forest council was granted an injunction blocking asylum seekers from being housed at a local hotel.

The Webb Space Telescope has spotted a new tiny moon orbiting Uranus. The new member of the lunar gang, announced on Tuesday by Nasa, appears to be just six miles wide. It was spotted by the telescope ...

World number one Harry Meade will be the first rider to go at Defender Burghley 2025 (4-7 September) on his own and Mandy Gray’s Et Hop Du Matz ...