Scottish Government funding for a golf tournament at Donald Trump’s Aberdeenshire course was not an attempt to “butter up” the US president, John Swinney has said.

The Crown star Emma Corrin can be seen embodying Elizabeth Bennet in a first-look image for Netflix’s adaptation of Pride And Prejudice. In the Jane Austen novel, Elizabeth and her four sisters face ...

Singer Olly Alexander has said he “knew” he would not win the Eurovision Song Contest when he competed for the UK last year.

A gunman who killed four people at a Manhattan office building was trying to target the headquarters of the National Football League (NFL) but took the wrong lift, according to New York City mayor ...

Ukrainian officials condemned the attack, saying that targeting civilian infrastructure, such as prisons, is a war crime.

A former senior police officer has been selected to fill an Ulster Unionist Party Assembly seat in North Antrim. Jon Burrows was selected after an internal party process on Tuesday. Former North ...

The High Court in London ruled earlier this week that the will of a man believed to be the IRA agent known as Stakeknife will not be made public.

The UK will recognise the state of Palestine “in September” unless Israel takes “substantive steps” to end the “appalling situation in Gaza”, Sir Keir Starmer has told the Cabinet. The Prime Minister ...

“Significant concerns” regarding safety and quality of care persist at a hospital which is at the centre of a national review into maternity services in England, according to a new report. More than ...

Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara has said he will seek a fourth term leading the West African nation, which is due to hold elections in October. His candidacy is contested after he changed the ...

Former Wales striker Ched Evans has signed to Fleetwood Town after turning down a coaching job Preston North End. The 36-year-old frontman scored 37 goals in two and a half seasons with The Cod Army ...

JOHN DISNEY has hailed the impact made by Connah’s Quay Nomads’ youngsters - but he has warned there’s still plenty of work to be done.