Ofwat has confirmed that £2.5 million of bonus payments made to 21 senior Thames Water executives in April cannot be clawed back.

There were 247,703 conceptions leading to a legal abortion in 2022, a 13.1 rise on the 218,923 recorded in 2021, the ONS said.

The King and President Emmanuel Macron enjoyed a long goodbye as the two men bid farewell after a successful start to the French leader’s state visit. In a sign of their friendship, Charles and the ...

Four education unions have made a ‘united’ call to ministers to provide additional investment to schools for increased staff salaries.

North Ayrshire saw a fall in housebreaking, common theft and shoplifting during the first three months of 2025 ...

A woman has been charged with murder after a 93-year-old great-grandmother was found dead in Greater Manchester. Judy Zussman was discovered by officers at an address in Gatley, Stockport, on the ...

THREE men are set to stand trial after denying the 'masked murder' of Kilwinning man John Taylor. Kiey O'Connor, Kieran Lindsay and Marshall Strachan each pleaded not guilty to killing the 44-year-old ...

Effigies of migrants in a boat have been placed on a loyalist bonfire in Northern Ireland, prompting condemnation and calls for the display to be removed ahead of the pyre being lit.

Schiaparelli: Fashion Becomes Art will comprise more than 200 objects including garments, accessories, jewellery and paintings.

Louis Mosley, the UK boss of the US tech giant, appeared before the Science, Innovation and Technology Committee on Tuesday.

TWO North Ayrshire firms have been named as finalists in the Scotland Food & Drink Excellence Awards 2025. Both Arran Dairies Ltd and Saltcoats-based Dunbia Highland Meats will fight for the national ...

The band played a sold-out O2 Academy show after their spot at TRNSMT was axed following calls from the First Minister and warnings from police.