A brother who attacked his older sister with a hammer as she lay in bed has been detained indefinitely for her manslaughter.

The visit of US President Donald Trump to Scotland is in the “public interest”, Chancellor Rachel Reeves has said. Mr Trump is due to touch down in Scotland on Friday evening ahead of a four-day visit ...

Since the Israeli and US strikes on Iran, in which American B-52 bombers hit three nuclear sites, Iran’s foreign minister Abbas Araghchi has accused the E3 of hypocrisy, saying they failed to uphold ...

Scenes of starving people in Gaza are “deplorable”, Chancellor Rachel Reeves has said. In recent days, multiple images have come from the territory of people – including children – visibly starving, ...

"A cannabis grow was discovered at a property at The Common in the Wellington Heath area of Herefordshire at around 10.45am ...

Consumer confidence weakened slightly in July amid concerns from shoppers that they could face potential future tax rises, according to new figures. GfK’s long-running Consumer Confidence Index ...

Joe Root moved up to third on the all-time Test run-scorers list as he and Ollie Pope helped England close in on India’s first-innings score at Emirates Old Trafford. Root overtook former India batter ...

SCOTLAND'S Poppy Fletcher was bursting with pride at being named her country’s MVP for the recent Six Nations Women’s Summer Series.

Alice Pumphrey will sit down to watch the Lionesses’ latest bid for glory on Sunday without a flicker of regret that she turned her back on a promising football career to target success of a different ...

Championship leader Oscar Piastri set the early pace in practice for the Belgian Grand Prix – as Lando Norris finished half-a-second behind his title rival. Piastri, who holds an eight-point lead over ...

Northern Ireland’s First Minister Michelle O’Neill has said it is with regret that she will stay away from Belfast Pride this year. It comes after the Belfast Pride organisers asked political parties ...

A fresh wave of strikes has been announced by drivers at a train company in a long-running dispute over the sacking of a colleague. Members of Aslef at Hull Trains have voted to continue taking ...