FEMALE teachers in Scotland are more than a third more likely to be attacked than their male counterparts, according to a new ...

TURNING the North Sea transition into a “renewables powerhouse” must be a “national mission” for both UK and Scottish ...

THE morning-after pill is set to be made free in pharmacies in England to end an “unfair postcode lottery.” Emergency ...

MORE than 2,000 people took a stand against the current parliamentary system at the We Demand Change: Summit of Resistance ...

As tensions rise in the Middle East, the role of Iran in the region’s political balance becomes ever more significant. STEVE BISHOP assesses the current situation ...

A SHORTAGE of work coaches at jobcentres is undermining Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s drive to get more benefit claimants into work, a charity has warned. In the Spring Statement, Ms Reeves said reforms ...

An Institute for Fiscal Studies analysis in 2023 revealed that disability benefits account for 2.5 per cent of total welfare spending £15.4bn a year, which is a fraction of the £44bn annual cost of ...

ALMOST half of people in Scotland are worried whether they can pay gas and electric bills in the year ahead, according to a new survey.

QUAKERS have condemned the arrests of six people at Westminster Meeting House as an “aggressive violation.” More than 30 police stormed a welcome talk held by environmental and pro-Palestine group ...

PEOPLE dug frantically with their bare hands through the debris of collapsed buildings in Myanmar’s second-largest city today, two days after a massive earthquake killed more than 1,700 people and ...

HAMAS has accepted a new Gaza ceasefire proposal from mediators Egypt and Qatar, the Palestinian militant group said at the weekend. But Israel, which unilaterally broke the previous ceasefire deal, ...

FRANCE’S far right leader Marine Le Pen has described tomorrow’s expected verdict in her embezzlement trial as her possible “political death.” The outcome of the trial could derail Ms Le Pen’s plans ...