Holyrood approved regulations that will lead to hundreds of prisoners being released early from Scotland’s jails.

New land reform legislation passed by Holyrood is a “watershed moment”, Scotland’s Rural Affairs Secretary has insisted. Mairi Gougeon spoke as MSPs backed a series of measures in the Land Reform ...

Deputy leader Richard Tice said he wanted to emulate the ‘Big Bang’ the City experienced in the 1980s with a ‘big reform’.

The Conservative leader criticised rivals Reform UK, insisting Nigel Farage’s party ‘don’t care about the independence debate ...

The Government’s new reading test for year 8s will sit alongside new “diagnostic” maths and writing tests to help teachers ...

A double manhunt is under way for an Algerian convicted sex offender and another prisoner who were wrongly released from HMP ...

I say to my colleagues on the frontbench that I will be with you every step of the way as we do just that,’ the former deputy ...

Oliver William Rea, 24, from Nottinghamshire, and Muhammad Bham, 19, from West Yorkshire are charged with preparing to commit ...

The father of the Southport killer has told a public inquiry he bears his “share of the responsibility” for the attack but ...

Gwent Police have confirmed the dog involved in an attack in Rogiet which left a baby boy dead was a six-year-old XL bully.

The homes will initially accommodate workers involved in upgrading power infrastructure in the region, before being made ...

This week, our reporters have been working hard to bring you the biggest court cases affecting people across the region.