UK

Scottish Labour’s Davy Russell has won the Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse by-election. Mr Russell took top spot with 8,559 votes. The SNP placed second...

A collision between an electric bike, a pedestrian and a car has left a teenager dead and another in hospital with serious injuries. Emergency...

The watchdog that examines potential miscarriages of justice has “unimpressive” leadership and is “incompetent”, said its new chair as she takes up her role....

Women taking weight loss jabs must use contraception, and wait up to two months after stopping the medication before trying to get pregnant, the...

The United States says the UK and all other NATO allies must agree to spend at least 5% of national income on defence and...

Police have said there is “no intelligence to suggest” a double shooting in Spain is linked to recent criminal attacks in Scotland. Eddie Lyons...

Dense shrubs, empty barns, disused wells and dirt tracks – the police here have got their work cut out if they’re to find evidence...

The UK will be forced to agree this month to increase defence spending to 3.5% of national income within a decade as part of...

Three Britons could face the death penalty in Bali after appearing in court charged with smuggling nearly a kilogram of cocaine into Indonesia. Jonathan...

Sir Keir Starmer will pledge to buy more attack submarines and put the military on a war footing as part of a major defence...

Organised criminal gangs are increasingly using rented houses and flats to operate illegal cannabis farms – and police say it is putting the lives...

Britain has “lost control” of its borders over the last five years, the defence secretary told Sky News after the highest number of migrants...

New weapons factories will be built “very soon” to show Vladimir Putin the UK is “stepping up our deterrents”, the defence secretary has told...

A ban on disposable vapes is now in force across the UK. The ban on selling or supplying disposable vapes, announced in January last...

A British man has been indicted for allegedly trying to smuggle US military technology to China and organising the stalking and harassment of a...

A leading British palliative care consultant has described the assisted dying bill as “not fit for purpose” and is urging MPs to stop the...

The UK will buy up to 7,000 long-range missiles, rockets and drones and build at least six weapons factories in a £1.5bn push to...

Emergency services responding to reports of a girl missing in the Thames have suspended their search. His Majesty’s Coastguard said it responded on Friday...

The Chairman of NatWest has thanked British taxpayers for bailing out the bank during the 2008 financial crisis, as it returns into private ownership...