The SNP leader made clear he would serve a full five-year term if his party wins next May’s Scottish Parliament election.

The research from Scottish Widows highlighted several groups of people who may be at particular risk of falling short financially in retirement.

The National Police Chiefs’ Council said responsibility for the accuracy of posts lies with users, platforms and regulators.

Eighteen-year-olds will be allowed to drive trains amid concerns over driver shortages. The minimum age to take on the role in Britain is to be lowered from 20, the Department for Transport (DfT) has ...

One of the UK’s most senior Catholic leaders has called on people to pray for himself and other cardinals as they embark on the secret voting process to elect a new pope.

UK politicians have urged restraint after India fired missiles across the border into Pakistani-controlled territory in at least three locations, killing a child and wounding two other people, ...

Supermarkets, offices and shopping centres could be required to install solar panels over their car parks under plans being considered by the Government. The plan to create “solar carports” would ...

More than 150 rare photographs showing behind-the-scenes wartime film-making have been released to mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day. The images, released by Historic England, also highlight the ...

The research will boost the health service’s ability to ‘move quickly towards personalised, preventative care’, officials said.

Tom Berry was a teenager when he joined the Royal Navy as a radio operator on the Tribal-class destroyer HMS Tartar.

The Government’s aims for the NHS – to shift care from hospitals into the community and to prevent ill health – can be accelerated through better investment in mental health services, a report says.