Sir Bill Beaumont has been appointed Rugby Football Union chairman on an interim basis following the resignation of Tom Ilube. Ilube stepped down on Friday morning in response to the outcry over the ...

A forensic accountant is the first woman to become Countdown champion in 26 years. The long-running numbers and words game show, which has been on Channel 4 since 1982 when the broadcaster launched, ...

The Yes movement has been in need of fresh blood for quite some time, so maybe the independence campaign should put Anas Sarwar in charge.

Sir Keir Starmer unveils 30 new life peers, including former Scottish Labour MSPs Wendy Alexander and Margaret Curran, despite Labour's promise ...

The Scottish Premiership match between Hearts and Rangers has been rearranged for television coverage. The league contest in February has been moved from a Saturday afternoon slot to an early kick-off ...

Despite a £1 billion funding increase for local government in Shona Robison’s budget, COSLA warns that councils face a £780 million gap ...

The Cairns dig in South Ronaldsay and Blomuir Neolithic passage grave excavation in Holm will feature on ‘Digging for Britain’ on BBC2 on January 9, 2025. Renowned historian and archaeologist ...

Democrats refused to accommodate President-elect Donald Trump’s sudden demands and the quick fix cobbled together by ...

Eight people accused of assisting an Islamic extremist who beheaded a French history teacher are set to hear the verdicts in their cases more than four years after the death of Samuel Paty outside his ...

The Key Match Incident Review Panel have "unanimously agreed" that Rangers should have been awarded a penalty against Celtic - as ...

Other new appointments to the House of Lords include former shadow cabinet minister Thangam Debbonaire and ex-minister Therese Coffey.

We are delighted to announce the 10 winners of this year’s James McCash Competition for poetry in the Scots language. The competition is ...