Actor Iain Robertson is due to be sentenced on Thursday after being found guilty of raping one woman and assaulting others. The former River City star was convicted last month of a total of five ...

Cumbria Tourism has appointed long-running board member Jennifer Cormack as its new Vice Chair. Ms Cormack succeeds Rachel Bell, who is stepping down from the Vice Chair role but will remain part of ...

GRANT Thornton has been appointed as the external auditors for the newly formed Cumbria Combined Authority. Members of the ...

First Minister of Scotland John Swinney hit out at the ‘hypocrisy’ of the expected appointment earlier on Wednesday.

The UK has withdrawn remaining diplomatic staff from Iran as the conflict with the US continued to escalate with a 12th night of airstrikes. A statement on the Foreign Office (FCDO) website said: “Due ...

Mrs Badenoch will set out her response to the fledgling Prime Minister’s cost-of-living policy blitz in a speech in central London on Thursday, and will challenge Mr Burnham to ...

Monica Lennon, who is not yet an MSP, is among the favourites to replace Anas Sarwar when he heads to the House of Lords.

A trial date of June 1 has been set for Nicolas Maduro to face drug trafficking charges along with his wife, as his lawyers ...

A video has been shared on TikTok – and has spread elsewhere on social media – showing what appears to be Prime Minister Andy Burnham on stage while music is playing. The video was shared on July 21 ...

The captain decided to return ‘due to the danger it posed to the safety of the flight’, the air traffic controller said.

Lissie Harper said there are real and lasting consequences to decisions made by politicians ‘from behind a desk’.

The First Minister spoke ahead of the sporting tournament getting underway in Scotland’s largest city later this week.