The First Minister addressed an audience at the headquarters of the Edinburgh International Festival on Thursday.

Ella Toone has revealed her grandmother died on the morning of England’s Euro 2025 final victory over Spain. The 25-year-old played the opening 87 minutes of Sunday’s match in Basel as the Lionesses ...

A man has been found guilty of murdering his ex-fiancee at a luxury hotel in Surrey last year. James Cartwright, 61, stood ...

Max Verstappen has confirmed for the first time that he will stay with Red Bull – after George Russell admitted he is on the brink of a new Mercedes contract.

A gang who sold cocaine to 10,000 drug users in the City of London have been jailed. The group, behind a line called Top Gear or City Gear, used a number of couriers to deliver drugs including black ...

Joe Murphy could hardly have been more proud of Cercene following her second-placed finish in a gruelling renewal of the Qatar Nassau Stakes at Goodwood.

A food factory making sweets and desserts in Enfield for its Nawal chain of shops in east London had to be shut down when a dead rat and ...

Stephen Travers, a former member who survived a loyalist ambush that killed three of his band mates, was speaking on the 50th anniversary.

Aidan O’Brien’s Whirl dominated the Qatar Nassau Stakes at Goodwood, to record her second Group One success of the season.

A police officer in Northern Ireland has been sacked after sending “highly inappropriate and offensive” messages via WhatsApp. The office of the Police Ombudsman said the messages, which were sent ...

Conor McGregor has lost his appeal of a civil jury’s finding in favour of Dublin woman Nikita Hand, who had accused him of rape. The MMA fighter lost his appeal on all five grounds that the case was ...

An impressive winner in the King George V Stakes at Royal Ascot, William Haggas’ improving son of Teofilo was sent off the 6-5 favourite to enhance his growing reputation with a Group Three success.