Fraudulent funeral director Robert Bush should face between 20 and 25 years in prison, prosecutors have said. Bush, 48, is to be sentenced for 67 offences spanning 12 years and affecting hundreds of ...

The husband of a woman who was murdered in Renfrewshire had been charged with assaulting her weeks before her death ...

Brits are being warned to check their passport's validity as popular tourist spots could deny them entry if they don't follow the ...

Andy Burnham has said it was a “major dereliction of public duty” that politicians had failed for decades to resolve the crisis in social care. The Prime Minister said the blame lies with “my ...

Scotland superfan Craig Ferguson will fire the starting gun on this year’s Paisley 10k. Paisley’s Ferguson has been in the international headlines this summer after walking more than 3,100 miles ...

Animal welfare charities have welcomed NatureScot’s recommendation that a licence not be granted for this year’s guga hunt on a remote Scottish island but called for the Scottish Government to make ...

The chief constable of Police Scotland has condemned the “disgraceful scenes” around a protest in Glasgow on Saturday, saying further action will be taken to find those who broke the law. Chief ...

Stacey Mair, 35, was found after Police responded to a call in the Corsliehill Road area of Houston alongside a 43-year-old man who's death is being treated as unexplained pending the results of a ...

The Swim! programme was founded by Olympic swimmers Becky Adlington and Steve Parry following concerns about a lack of quality swimming lesson provision in communities across the UK. The Braehead site ...

Swathes of England are suffering from “flash drought” as a result of very low rainfall and high temperatures, the Environment Agency has said. The government agency said seven areas of central, ...

Oscar-winning Irish musician and activist Glen Hansard has died in a motorcycle crash in Dublin in the early hours of Wednesday.