Fewer than 1,000 homes affected by Storm Floris are still without power after crews spent Wednesday restoring supplies to thousands. By 9.30pm on Wednesday, Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks ...

Conservationists say it is ‘a moment we’ve all been hoping for’ in efforts to reintroduce red-billed choughs to the county.

Saturday’s lottery jackpot will be an estimated £7.3 million after no players won Wednesday’s top prize. The winning Lotto numbers were 17, 31, 47, 05, 58 and 09, while the bonus number was 35.

At least 38 Palestinians were killed overnight and into Wednesday in the Gaza Strip while seeking aid from United Nations ...

Asylum seekers who work without permission should be “on the next plane home”, Kemi Badenoch has said. The Conservative Party leader and shadow home secretary Chris Philp have proposed a crackdown on ...

Scotland’s railway operator has added extra train services on the dates of Oasis’s upcoming shows in Edinburgh. ScotRail urged fans to make use of its enhanced timetable on August 8, 9 and 12 as the ...

Located about 40 miles south west of Savannah, Fort Stewart is the largest army post east of the Mississippi River.

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar has said he pushes Sir Keir Starmer to be more “extroverted” when he comes to Scotland. Mr Sarwar said he speaks to the Prime Minister every two or three weeks, ...

Rising temperatures are posing new challenges for firefighters who have made incremental progress against a massive wildfire in central California which has become the biggest blaze in the state so ...

The Justice Secretary has said almost all homes that lost power in Scotland during Storm Floris have now been reconnected. Angela Constance said the storm had a particular impact on power and ...

On Tuesday, the Charity Commission published a report into the episode criticising all sides for making the fallout public.

The victim of a fatal shooting in north London has been named by police. A murder investigation was launched after Erdal Ozmen, 45, was killed in Stoke Newington, the Metropolitan Police said. He was ...