The British endurance swimmer says ‘I’m frightened of sharks but I’m really frightened of a world without sharks’ ahead of his latest swim.

A veteran broadcast journalist has been appointed head of news and current affairs at BBC Scotland. Howard Simpson, who has almost two decades of experience, will take over from Gary Smith who is ...

Members of the Unite trade union working in the NHS have voted to accept an 8% pay increase over the next two years. The deal will see a 4.25% rise this year and a 3.75% uplift next year for staff, ...

The three siblings, Harry, Roman and Elsa, were abandoned in 2017, 2019 and 2024 respectively, and the search to identify ...

Transport minister Mike Kane said the Government wants to ‘maximise the benefits of future flight technologies including flying taxis’.

The NHS waiting list for hospital treatment in England has risen for the first time in seven months. New figures show an estimated 7.42 million planned treatments were waiting to be carried out at the ...

The announcement comes in the same week that the number of people crossing the Channel in small boats passed 12,000 for the year.

The banking giant is now set to become fully private almost 17 years after receiving a state bailout during the 2008 financial crisis.

Leading medics and health organisations have urged the Government to outlaw ‘the physical punishment of children’.

Derek McInnes will not be in the home dugout when Kilmarnock host Hearts on Sunday. A number of Killie fans directed chants towards Hearts and McInnes during their 3-0 defeat at Motherwell on ...

ITV is bracing for a double-digit plunge in advertising revenues after last year was boosted by the Euros football tournament, but said it does not expect its production arm to be hit by US President ...

England will have a new face in their coaching ranks in Nottingham, with former New Zealand seamer Tim Southee joining up. Southee, who took 776 international wickets for the Black Caps and retired ...