The Justice Secretary hopes the move will also help clear the court backlog of cases waiting to be dealt with.

A college will offer “bespoke support” for workers impacted by the closure of the Grangemouth refinery, the UK Government has announced. Plans for the closure of the site in the second quarter of next ...

The social media platform said it is using expert guidance to train technology to spot scam accounts and prevent them from contacting teenage users.

The excavation at the world-famous site near Inverness, which witnessed the final battle of the Jacobite rising in 1746, is ...

Britain’s Got Talent has announced it will be postponing auditions for the show following the death of former One Direction singer Liam Payne. The ITV programme’s producer, Freemantle UK, did not say ...

The latest estimated gap was wider for men than women and for full-time employees compared with part-time workers.

AN Ayrshire NHS service that gives patients a bigger say in how they are treated in an emergency has been welcomed. Ayrshire and Arran health board heard how the ReSPECT (Recommended Summary Plan for ...

Former One Direction star Liam Payne has died after falling from the third-floor balcony of a hotel in Argentina. Local police said the 31-year-old fell into the courtyard of the Casa Sur Hotel in the ...

Counter terrorism police are investigating whether Russian spies planted a bomb in a parcel that caught fire at a delivery warehouse after arriving on a plane to Britain. Fire crews and staff tackled ...

It comes after former Lord Mayor Niall O Donnghaile quit Sinn Fein after allegedly sending inappropriate texts to a teenager.

Truong My Lan was also convicted of money laundering and illegal cross-border money transfer charges, according to state-run media.

The singer rose to stardom at the age of 16 after joining the boy band on the ITV singing competition in 2010.