A senior union leader has urged the Government to do more to show it values public services and the workers who deliver them. Christina McAnea, general secretary of Unison, told her union’s annual ...

Coventry Crown Court heard the 15-year-old, who cannot be named, is now likely to face a jury in February next year.

Iran’s supreme leader has rejected US calls for surrender in the face of Israeli strikes and warned that any military involvement by the Americans would cause “irreparable damage” to them, in an ...

A British man shot dead alongside two friends while travelling in Mexico was “tragically in the wrong place at the wrong time”, his inquest has heard. Ben Marshall Corser, 36, from St Just in Cornwall ...

A small Dunfermline music venue is in the running for an industry award. The Monarch Bar sits on the city’s James Street, just across from the Kingsgate Shopping Centre. Tonight organisers will find ...

Parents dropping children at a couple of Dunfermline primary schools could be affected by a two-day long road closure.

Around 170 patients have suffered harm as a result of a cyber attack on blood services at London hospitals and GP surgeries, reports suggest. Pathology services provider Synnovis was the victim of a ...

Russia poses a direct threat to the European Union through acts of sabotage and cyber attacks, but its massive military spending suggests that President Vladimir Putin also plans to use his armed ...

Experts have said that inflation is set to remain elevated over the coming months, particularly if global oil prices continue to spike.

A rapist who preyed on a 15-year-old girl after following her in a town centre has been jailed for nine years. Sadeq Nikzad, 29, targeted the schoolgirl after spotting her walking down a town centre ...

Speedy Hire has cautioned over “challenging” conditions due to Government spending delays, after shutting eight depots in the face of heightened cost pressures. Shares in the equipment hire firm ...

A former Bank of Scotland branch in Dunfermline is now under offer. The premises on the city’s Bothwell Street shut its doors on January 21 amidst the latest round of closures for the organisation.