The number of people waiting more than 12 hours in A&E in Scotland has soared by more than 7000% in a decade, according to an analysis by the Scottish Liberal Democrats..

Actor Adeel Akhtar says he was asked if he was linked to terrorist organisations by airport security when he travelled with his girlfriend to an audition in New York..

The US President says a 10% tariff will be applied to all goods sent to the US from next month.

The Green Party is calling for free bus travel in England for those under the age of 22..

The Government is moving at a “glacial pace” to ratify a landmark UN pact to protect delicate ecosystems in international waters, a coalition of green groups has said..

Jess’s Rule, a system which calls for family doctors to think again if a patient has had three appointments for their symptoms with no diagnosis, will be advertised in all GP practices across England from this week..

Concerns have been raised over the “ridiculous” compensation payment proposed for people who were the victims of unethical research, including boys who were infected with HIV and hepatitis as schoolchildren..

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A would-be Southport copycat killer who wanted to attack a dance school and an Oasis reunion concert has been locked up for 14 months..

A husband who killed his wife and manipulated his own child in a “wicked” plot to get away with murder has been jailed for life..

One of a group of nurses who complained about sharing single-sex changing rooms with a trans colleague said “this is a victory for common sense and for every woman who simply wants to feel safe at work” after an employment tribunal ruled they had suffered harassment..

The drugs crisis inside Scotland’s prisons is a manifestation of systemic health system failure, a Holyrood committee has said..

Paedophiles and other criminals used AI to generate thousands more child sexual abuse videos last year, contributing to record levels of the harrowing material found online, campaigners have warned..

Convicted killers detained in hospitals under court order could lose thousands of pounds a year in benefit payments under new Government plans..

The Education Secretary has said she will not rule out further action following claims a Bristol school “may have been intimidated into cancelling a visit” from their local MP who is Jewish..

Robert Jenrick has accused the Tories for lacking the “stomach for the radical change this country needs” as he defected to Reform UK after being sacked from Kemi Badenoch’s frontbench..

The NHS waiting list for hospital treatment has fallen to its lowest level since early 2023, figures show..

Kemi Badenoch said she has sacked Robert Jenrick as shadow justice secretary and kicked him out of the party due to “irrefutable evidence that he was plotting in secret to defect in a way designed to be as damaging as possible” to his Conservative colleagues..

Elon Musk’s pledge to stop X’s AI chatbot Grok making sexualised images of people is a “vindication for Keir Starmer”, Downing Street sources have said..

A “pervasive” culture of mistreatment at work is leading to women losing their jobs if they are pregnant or become a parent, according to a report..