It was just before 8pm on Hogmanay and all was eerily quiet at the top of The Mound, the sloping street that has run through the heart of Edinburgh city centre for nearly 200 years. From my vantage ...

The bitterly cold weather in Edinburgh and the bad weather wash-out 12 months ago did little to deter huge crowds descending on the city centre during the final countdown to 2026.

A fire at a bar in the Swiss Alps has left a number of people dead and injured during new year celebrations, police have said. The incident occurred at around 1.30am local time on Thursday in Le ...

The five-minute display in Auckland involved 3,500 fireworks launched from various floors of the 787ft Sky Tower.

Election manifestos are often treated as binding contracts, but that’s a dangerous misconception. In a parliamentary democracy, pledges ...

If you have never heard of the author, there’s a reason: as revealed at this year’s Bloody Scotland crime writing festival in September, Evelyn Clarke is the pseudonym for a collaborative project by ...

It is the morning after the night before and the city of Glasgow is nursing a collective hangover after the men’s football side sealed their return to the World Cup.

Two hill walkers who were ill-equipped to deal with the harsh weather conditions have been rescued from the Cairngorms. The Cairngorms Mountain Rescue Team was called to assist the walkers at 8.45pm ...

The 0.2% increase to Ofgem’s energy price cap will equate to a rise of about 28p a month for the average household in England, Wales and Scotland remaining on a standard variable tariff. This amounts ...

Kylian Mbappe faces a spell on the sidelines, while former Real Madrid star Roberto Carlos said he is on the road to recovery after heart surgery.

In November, the 10th secretary general of Nato warned that this country was in grave danger thanks to the threats posed by a wide range ...