John Swinney will be sworn in as the new First Minister of Scotland on Wednesday and is expected to appoint his Cabinet on the same day. The ceremony at the Court of Session in Edinburgh will involve ...

Maternity Action said only 13 of women on maternity leave benefit from employers’ occupational maternity pay schemes, down from 44 in 2008.

The regulator has published its latest draft code of practice on how social media sites must protect children under the Online Safety Act.

Actor Stephen Fry and journalist James Naughtie were among those who gave speeches arguing for the admission of women, reports said.

The Times reported that it had seen an email to probation and prison staff saying that the scheme will be extended from 35 days to 70 days from May 23. The email said that despite ...

Irish premier Simon Harris has hailed Bambie Thug and said it is “time to bring the Eurovision back to Ireland”. The Cork-born performer, 31, became the first Irish act to qualify for the grand final ...

They triumphed with their witchy and mesmerising execution of their chanty alternative song Doomsday Blue at the semi-finals on Tuesday.

Shadow defence secretary John Healey told the Government that ‘you can’t defeat Putin with press releases’ as he questioned the ...

The organisers of the Eurovision Song Contest have said they “regret” the opening act making a political statement over the war in the Gaza Strip.

Olly Alexander has delivered his first Eurovision Song Contest performance, which featured upside-down locker room staging. Cameras were rotated to give a spinning feel to Alexander and the dancers as ...

The new library was opened as part of the Coronation Libraries Project which honours the Queen’s significant contributions to literacy initiatives.

Jurors appeared riveted as Daniels offered a detailed and and at times graphic account of an encounter Trump has denied.