The First Minister spoke out on the issue as MSPs prepare to return to the Scottish Parliament on Tuesday after the summer recess.

Protests outside hotels housing asylum seekers are “completely unacceptable”, Scotland’s First Minister has said. John Swinney said he does not think such demonstrations reflect “who we are” in ...

Mr Jones will be based at No 10 and ‘directly oversee work across Government to support the delivery of the Prime Minister’s priorities’.

John Swinney has said the £40 million cost of scrapping peak rail fares in Scotland will be financially sustainable, with the policy encouraging people to switch from cars to trains. On Monday, peak ...

Rupert Everett has said he is “doing pretty well” at pulling pints as he revealed he is doing shifts behind the bar of his local pub to help save it from closure. The veteran star, 66, has been ...

Royal Mail delivered underlying earnings, excluding voluntary redundancy costs, of £12 million for the year to March 31.

Ireland’s deputy premier Simon Harris has described a threat against his family as “cowardice”. Police in Ireland have confirmed they are investigating the threat which appeared at the weekend on ...

The affordability of a home remains ‘stretched’ compared with the longer term, Nationwide Building Society said.

Plans for seven homes in a village have been refused after stern opposition from residents. South Norfolk Council last week refused Paul Cruickshank’s proposals to build houses on land off Low Road, ...

A council will rollout a programme across Norfolk which uses AI to help prevent falls for more than 12,000 at risk residents.

A tribunal involving a female nurse and a transgender doctor sharing a changing room at an NHS Fife hospital is to resume after a month-long break. Closing submissions will be heard in Dundee on ...

The weather is expected to remain unsettled throughout the coming week with blustery showers and longer periods of rain across much of the UK.