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

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, ...

Two men have been arrested after a bank customer was stabbed to death in a city centre branch. A man in his 30s was attacked inside Lloyds Bank in St Peter’s Street, Derby, at around 2.35pm on Tuesday ...

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

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.

Exam certificates will go digital for some students this year as part of an Education Record app to be introduced by the Government.

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 ...

India said it was striking infrastructure used by militants following last month’s massacre of tourists in the Indian-controlled portion ...

Treasury secretary Scott Bessent and trade representative Jamieson Greer will meet their counterparts in Geneva.

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 ...

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

John Swinney has said it is a “huge privilege” to be First Minister, but accepted his rise to the top job in Scottish politics “wasn’t part of a well-crafted plan”. He said he had considered standing ...