The director of Nasser Hospital in the southern city of Khan Younis said at least 28 people were wounded in the strike.

A serial domestic abuser who drowned his partner in a river has been jailed for at least 21 years. Vincent Morgan, 47, held “kind and gentle” mother Lisa Welford’s head under the water of the River ...

Holyrood Culture Secretary Angus Robertson has hailed the £34 million promised for culture in the Scottish Budget as being “transformational” for the sector. Finance Secretary Shona Robison said the ...

Brian Thompson, chief executive of UnitedHealthcare, was killed outside a hotel in Manhattan on Wednesday morning.

The Scottish Government will not make any more emergency in-year Budget revisions, Finance Secretary Shona Robison has promised. She said her Government’s relationship with the Treasury has improved ...

Greg Hutton, 62, wants to see changes to Nice guidance after surviving two bouts of endocarditis, a serious and often fatal ...

The Scottish Government froze council tax last year, angering local government leaders facing financial pressures.

England suffered a six-wicket defeat in the first ODI against South Africa as Proteas captain Laura Wolvaardt made an unbeaten 59 for the hosts. Having won the T20 series 3-0, England did not enjoy ...

Sinn Fein leaders have insisted their party’s performance in Ireland’s General Election is not a setback for the campaign for Irish reunification. Party leader Mary Lou McDonald had vowed to deliver a ...

He said he will engage with the Treasury and Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) over the coming months and “seek important amendments”, telling the Commons: “If today was the ...

Stephen Gethins asked Scottish Secretary Ian Murray if his party’s message north of the border is that voters should elect Labour ‘to ...