Pope Francis urged people to “make children” as he made his first papal visit to the French island of Corsica on Sunday.

The former first minister said equal marriage is one of the Scottish Parliament’s top five achievements in its lifetime.

Passengers who have been penalised or prosecuted for travelling without the right train ticket are being asked to tell the rail regulator about how their case was handled. It is part of a ...

RCN General Secretary Professor Nicola Ranger, said: “The students of today are the nurses of the future, but for tens of thousands, the unbearable weight of graduate debt, lack of support with living ...

Experts said a gradual increase in Caesarean births over the past decade is down to a ‘growing number’ of complexities.

The hit, which took 39 years to become a Christmas number one, topped the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra’s poll.

Sir Keir Starmer said too many people will be on the sharp end of the country’s ‘broken’ housing system this Christmas.

Drivers are being urged not to travel on major routes for six hours on both Friday and Saturday to avoid the worst Christmas holiday traffic. The RAC and transport analytics company Inrix said roads ...

Concerns are growing over new models coming to market that are driving up the waste crisis as the incoming ban on single-use vapes looms.

Angela Rayner will promise to make devolution the “default setting” for councils across the country after senior Government figures warned they could overrule local authorities’ objections to push ...

A blind charity worker has said that Strictly Come Dancing winner Chris McCausland inspired him and the sight loss community, and it never felt a “tokenistic” choice by the BBC One celebrity ...

A “very wet, damp and miserable” start to the week has been forecast for parts of Scotland, with the risk of flooding due to persistent downpours. A Met Office yellow warning, covering parts of the ...