A Labour MSP today challenged First Minister Alex Salmond to a 100 metres sprint after a Holyrood spat. Labour's Frank McAveety threw down the gauntlet after Mr Salmond made a jibe over a "pie and ...

SO, Cardinal Winning believes that removing education from local-authority control would be beneficial. To whom, I wonder? As it is, under ...

Allan Jess, president of the Scottish Association of Meat Wholesalers, has reacted strongly to a statement issued by the National Beef Association which, he says, is clearly "living on a different ...

Andrew Neil has said media regulator Ofcom needs to “grow a backbone and quick” over the issue of politicians hosting TV programmes. The Spectator chairman, who was founding chairman of GB News and a ...

Defender Ben White also claimed a brace for Mikel Arteta’s title-chasing side, adding to Leandro Trossard’s early opener, as the Blues’ recent resurgence floundered in embarrassing fashion in the ...

A light aircraft with two people on board has crashed near to Glasgow Prestwick Airport. The small plane with two people on board went down in Ayrshire on Tuesday afternoon, with emergency services in ...

Andrew Flintoff’s 16-year-old son, Rocky, has scored his maiden century for Lancashire’s second XI. The teenager conjured up memories of his father’s flamboyant hitting as he peeled off 116 in 165 ...

Three-time champion Mark Williams admitted he does not know whether he has played his last World Snooker Championship match after he suffered a dramatic 10-9 defeat to Si Jiahui in the first round. Si ...

Plans for 591 student apartments and 20 affordable homes at a city centre’s largest development site have been unveiled. Following a series of public consultations, urban regeneration specialist Vita ...

On Monday, a failed rocket strike was launched at a base housing US-led coalition forces at Rumalyn, Syria, marking the first ...

Big names including Jamie Oliver and Jimmy Doherty are collaborating on the new campaign to mark Stop Food Waste Day on Wednesday 24 April. The King’s foundation has announced that school groups in ...

Broad, the second-highest England Test wicket-taker, was made a CBE for services to cricket during a ceremony at Windsor Castle on Tuesday.