Three new prisons will be built starting this year, as part of a “record prison expansion”, Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood said, as the Government grapples with near-full jails.

Stuart Murdoch, the lead singer of Belle and Sebastian, has joined campaigners to call for urgent action on ME (Myalgic encephalomyelitis). The singer and other people with the condition, which is ...

A 21-year-old was arrested at an address in Sydenham, south-east London, in the early hours of Tuesday on suspicion of arson.

AN Ayrshire golf course has become the first in the UK to join a prestigious international network. Dundonald Links, home to a popular Kyle Phillips links course, has joined the International ...

South Ayrshire Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP) has played down the possible impact of a ban on recruiting overseas care workers by ...

Three Nazi-worshipping extremists who believed a race war was imminent have been found guilty of planning terrorist attacks on mosques and synagogues. A jury at Sheffield Crown Court heard how ...

Consumer champion Martin Lewis and charities have welcomed a Government pledge to look into making council tax collection practices fairer. Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Pat McFadden told ITV’s ...

Relatives have paid tribute to a “proud Irishman” who was fatally injured while out running errands. John Mackey, 87, had been to the supermarket and a kebab shop in Manor House, north London, on the ...

The US agriculture secretary said the US is ‘100 confident’ that its wood chips meet the UK’s sustainability requirements.

The Justice Secretary will set out plans to address prison overcrowding amid suggestions criminals could be released after serving just a third of their sentences. A written statement is expected to ...

The Opposition leader said agreements with Narendra Modi and Donald Trump’s governments are ‘tiny tariff’ deals.

Siobhian Brown, MSP for Ayr, Troon and Prestwick, has voted in favour of the Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill as it ...