Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister was speaking to Scotland’s Global Investment Summit in Edinburgh on Tuesday.

A bird of prey which was found poisoned in Aberdeenshire suffered a “harrowing” death, police have said. An appeal for information has been launched after the sparrowhawk was found dead near Lumphanan ...

University students from several institutions are expected to gather at events in London, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Leeds on Tuesday.

The bank said a relatively lower mortgage rate environment and steady wage growth have helped support buyer confidence.

Jagtar Singh Johal has been detained by the Indian authorities since 2017, when he was arrested in the country just weeks after his wedding.

Sir Ed Davey will visit North East Fife, the area represented by former Liberal Democrat leader Lord Menzies Campbell, who died last month.

A 16-year-old boy was killed “in the blink of an eye” when he was stabbed in the neck at a crowded New Year’s Eve event, a court has heard. Harry Pitman was allegedly attacked by Areece Lloyd-Hall, 18 ...

Bosses said ‘carbon-heavy’ imports from China are ‘flooding the market’ after they were blocked from entering the US due to recent tariffs.

Some people are concerned that bank branch closures may push more older people into the hands of online scammers, the research indicated.

Shell has revealed a stronger performance in its oil and gas trading operation but has taken a 600 million US dollar (£446.3 million) hit from stopping a major biofuels project in Rotterdam. The FTSE ...

A think tank has found that the world may be reaching a ‘crucial turning point’ in the shift towards clean energy.

Pine martens have been released in Exmoor National Park in the first official return of the native animals to the area for more than a century, conservationists said.