Baroness Therese Coffey told the House of Lords that she had been advised to knowingly break the law, but said ‘I wasn’t prepared to do that’.

DUNFERMLINE and Dollar MP Graeme Downie has set out his reasons for voting for the controversial welfare reform bill.

Females born between 2020 and 2022 in the most deprived areas of England were likely to spend just 65.1% of their lives in good health, compared with 81.5% in the least deprived a ...

A coach carrying passengers from Denmark to Austria has skidded off a road in northern Germany and flipped over, injuring more than 20 people including one seriously. The coach, operated by Flixbus, ...

Huda Ammori, the co-founder of Palestine Action, is asking the High Court to temporarily block the Government from banning the group as a terrorist organisation before a potential legal challenge ...

Police are increasing their patrols this weekend in anticipation of the British Superbikes at Knockhill. The world-class motorcycle racing will take place from today (July 4) to Sunday, July 6. Road ...

Two brothers used a “high level of violence” in assaulting police officers at Manchester Airport, a jury has heard. Mohammed Fahir Amaaz, 20, and Muhammad Amaad, 26, are said to have struck out after ...

The BBC’s director of music Lorna Clarke has stepped back from her day-to-day duties after controversy over the broadcaster’s decision to show punk duo Bob Vylan’s Glastonbury Festival set live, ...

James Taylor, 35, of Dick Crescent, Burntisland, appeared for sentencing at Dunfermline Sheriff Court. He admitted that on November 10 at Pitreavie Court, Queensferry Road and during the course of a ...

Paul Martin has appeared in court charged with encouraging terrorism, possessing articles for the purposes of terrorism, and possessing a stun gun.

A 15-year-old boy is on trial accused of murdering Harvey Willgoose, also 15, at All Saints Catholic High School in Sheffield.