JD Wetherspoon is to open its first pub in mainland Europe with plans for a bar at Alicante airport in Spain. The pub – to be called the Castell de Santa Barbera – is set to open at the end of January ...

Dumbarton train services have been thrown into disruption due to an 'issue'. ScotRail has announced that some services have been cancelled and others delayed after a signalling issue in Edinburgh.

Britain cannot continue to “muddle through” and must take “a different path” on the economy, the Chancellor has said. Ahead of her second Budget on November 26, Rachel Reeves told The Times Magazine ...

Official figures showed retail sales by volume fell 1.1 during October, following an upwardly revised increase of 0.7 in September.

The Scottish Covid Bereaved group will hold the Government to account to ensure lessons are learned from the pandemic, a member has said. The UK-wide Covid-19 Inquiry released its second of 10 reports ...

Household energy bills are set to rise in Scotland from January 1, 2026. Ofgem said energy bills will rise by 0.2% (about 28p a month) for the average dual-fuel household. However, when adjusting for ...

Garden apprentices and trainees from both The King’s Foundation’s gardens and the RHS will be invited to be involved with the Chelsea garden. The project will also celebrate the specialist traditional ...

The Office for National Statistics said public sector borrowing stood at £17.4 billion last month, above the £14.4 billion official forecast.

The IRN-BRU Carnival returns to Glasgow’s SEC from December 19 to January 11 with over 75 rides, new attractions, themed days and family fun.

Temperatures fell as low as minus 11C overnight as the UK’s cold snap continued. According to the Met Office, the frigid temperature was recorded at Loch Glascarnoch in the Scottish Highlands, with ...

The proposal would not only bar Ukraine from joining Nato but would also prevent the alliance’s future expansion.

Consumer confidence has fallen across all measures as the public braces for difficult news in next week’s Budget, figures show. GfK’s long-running Consumer Confidence Index fell by two points to minus ...