Adolescence writer and co-creator Jack Thorne said teachers’ responses to the hit Netflix series showed “we’ve got a real problem in our country” when it comes to schooling. The four-part series ...

A flotilla of hundreds of historic ships is heading into Amsterdam, kicking off a five-day festival celebrating the Dutch ...

MSP Colin Smyth has been arrested and charged in connection with possession of indecent images, prompting his suspension from Scottish Labour. The South Scotland MSP was arrested on Tuesday and is due ...

Hundreds of people have attended a music session in Dublin city in solidarity with Kneecap rapper Liam Og O hAnnaidh after he appeared in court on Wednesday. Kneecap flags and logos hung from the ...

Russian leaders are ‘sorely mistaken’ if they thought they could ‘hide’ their efforts to evade sanctions, Stephen Doughty said.

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has been granted permission to intervene in legal action over the issue.

A former priest who was the leader of evangelical movement the Nine O’Clock Service has been found guilty of sexual offences against nine women. Christopher Brain, 68, from Wilmslow, Cheshire, was the ...

Nicola Sturgeon has said her “political instinct” is to back a united Ireland. However, the former Scottish first minister insisted the issue of Northern Ireland’s future is for people there to decide ...

A 38-year-old man was treated for stab wounds in Monks Park, Wembley, on Tuesday evening but died at the scene.

Conservative and Reform UK-led authorities have said they were looking at their options to take similar action to Epping Forest District Council.

Lady Smith said Keil School had sought to protect its reputation, and hailed the ‘fresh prosecutions’ of two former teachers.

Jason King was jailed for nine years with a further three years on extended licence for shooting an officer with a crossbow and stabbing a neighbour.