Local leaders in England will be able to specify the types of homes needed in their areas and which sites to prioritise for construction.

The leader of Highland Council said there had been ‘no real engagement’ on plans to house 300 male asylum seekers at a barracks in Inverness.

Glasgow band Kai Reesu have won the coveted Scottish Album of the Year (SAY) award at a prize ceremony in Dundee. Their debut album, titled Kompromat Vol. I, blends jazz and hip-hop, psychedelia and ...

Lewis Capaldi, Kasabian and Richard Ashcroft have been revealed as the headliners for the TRNSMT music festival on Glasgow Green next year. The three-day outdoor festival will kick off on Friday June ...

Sir Keir Starmer said his deputy could ‘speak for himself’ on questions around whether a prisoner was wrongfully freed before new checks ...

Actress Pauline Collins, who starred in Shirley Valentine, has died at the age of 85, her family has announced. She died “peacefully at her care home in Highgate this week, having endured Parkinson’s ...

The Prince of Wales has called for global “courage, co-operation and unwavering commitment” to tackle the climate crisis in a landmark speech delivered to Cop30.

Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy was found to have breached the governance code on public appointments with her pick for the chairman of a new football watchdog.

Mr Goldberg was made an MBE by the King at Clarence House in September for his services to Holocaust remembrance and education.

Hassan Jhangur killed father-of-two Chris Marriott when he drove his car into a wedding brawl in a Sheffield street.

The families of the three girls murdered by the Southport attacker have called for accountability as the first phase of the public inquiry heard a final day of evidence. Nine weeks of hearings, held ...

A karate instructor who was jailed for sexually assaulting teenage boys has been cleared of all charges at a retrial.