The former first minister said equal marriage is one of the Scottish Parliament’s top five achievements in its lifetime.

Alternative proteins for the turkey, resilient super-spuds and ‘cheese from peas’ may help to keep the meal on tables for ...

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has confirmed payment dates for people on benefits including Personal Independence Payments (PIP) and Universal Credit. Millions of people across the UK who ...

Wham! hit Last Christmas has topped a poll that asked British people what was their favourite festive song to kick off the season. The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO)’s poll asked 2,000 adults ...

A “very wet, damp and miserable” start to the week has been forecast for parts of Scotland, with the risk of flooding due to persistent downpours. A Met Office yellow warning, covering parts of the ...

RCN General Secretary Professor Nicola Ranger, said: “The students of today are the nurses of the future, but for tens of thousands, the unbearable weight of graduate debt, lack of support with living ...

The Office of Rail and Road is beginning its review looking at train operators’ approach to suspected fare evasion and the impact on passengers.

Drivers are being urged not to travel on major routes for six hours on both Friday and Saturday to avoid the worst Christmas holiday traffic. The RAC and transport analytics company Inrix said roads ...

One in four babies born in NHS hospitals in England last year were delivered by Caesarean section, data shows. Experts said a gradual increase in Caesarean births over the past decade is down to a ...

Too many people will be on the sharp end of the country’s “broken” housing system this Christmas, the Prime Minister has warned. In a message to the Big Issue in this week’s Christmas special edition ...

New cheap vapes are flooding the market and driving up the amount of waste that the incoming ban on single-use vapes aims to tackle, campaigners have warned. Concerns are growing that so-called “big ...

A blind charity worker has said that Strictly Come Dancing winner Chris McCausland inspired him and the sight loss community, and it never felt a “tokenistic” choice by the BBC One celebrity ...