A bronze statue of John Muir has stood on Dunbar High Street – where the naturalist was born – for almost 30 years. However, his walking stick was vandalised last year and in need of repair. Alasdair ...

A migrant has died after a medical emergency on a small boat in the English Channel. The RNLI confirmed it had launched its all-weather lifeboat and a group of migrants were brought to Dover in a ...

More action is needed than just restricting pupils’ access to mobile phones, Patrick Roach, general secretary of the NASUWT, said.

A status orange rain warning has been issued for Co Wicklow. A series of yellow weather warnings are also in place across the island. Met Eireann said that heavy rain in the area could cause localised ...

A British woman has died in a cable car crash near Naples, according to an Italian official. The Briton and an Israeli woman were among four people who died in the crash after a cable snapped on ...

US vice president JD Vance has arrived in Rome for meetings with the Vatican’s second in command and Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni, fresh off the Italian leader’s visit to the White House a ...

A FINANCE officer for Citizens Advice has admitted embezzling more than £30,000 from the charity due to her own debts.

The Force was with many Star Wars fan in Japan at an event where Lucasfilm announced that the next instalment in the franchise will hit theatres in May 2027. Appearing on stage before a ...

Britain is hoping a deal can help stave off the full brunt of the US president’s sweeping 10 tariffs on all goods imported to ...

Tributes have poured in for a blind Scottish historian and author who died aged 87 after a short illness. Dr Fred Reid, ...

Silver cutlery designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh has been sold for £175,200, nearly six times its estimate.

Ms Meloni is the first European leader to have face-to-face talks with him since he announced and partially suspended 20 ...