The SNP leader made clear he would serve a full five-year term if his party wins next May’s Scottish Parliament election.

The research from Scottish Widows highlighted several groups of people who may be at particular risk of falling short financially in retirement.

The National Police Chiefs’ Council said responsibility for the accuracy of posts lies with users, platforms and regulators.

UK politicians have urged restraint after India fired missiles across the border into Pakistani-controlled territory in at least three locations, killing a child and wounding two other people, ...

John Swinney has said it is a “huge privilege” to be First Minister, but accepted his rise to the top job in Scottish politics “wasn’t part of a well-crafted plan”. He said he had considered standing ...

One of the UK’s most senior Catholic leaders has called on people to pray for himself and other cardinals as they embark on the secret voting process to elect a new pope.

Tom Berry was a teenager when he joined the Royal Navy as a radio operator on the Tribal-class destroyer HMS Tartar.

The research will boost the health service’s ability to ‘move quickly towards personalised, preventative care’, officials said.

More than 150 rare photographs showing behind-the-scenes wartime film-making have been released to mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day. The images, released by Historic England, also highlight the ...

The Government’s aims for the NHS – to shift care from hospitals into the community and to prevent ill health – can be accelerated through better investment in mental health services, a report says.

While millions rejoiced across a devastated Europe as the guns finally fell silent on VE Day, British paratrooper Peter Belcher was witnessing the worst of Nazi Germany at a concentration camp. He was ...