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

A Met Office yellow warning, covering parts of the Highlands, Argyll and Bute, Perthshire and the Stirling area, is in force and runs until midday on Tuesday. Travel disruption and flooding could hit ...

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 ...

The Office of Rail and Road is beginning its review looking at train operators’ approach to suspected fare evasion and the impact on passengers.

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 ...

Too many people will be on the sharp end of the country’s “broken” housing system this Christmas, the Prime Minister has warned. In a message to the Big Issue in this week’s Christmas special edition ...

Ticket sales spiked five-fold when the Oasis tour was released and fans splashed out nearly £1 million at Wembley Stadium during Taylor Swift’s concert, while second-hand shopping soared in 2024 as ...

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

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

Nicola Sturgeon said she knows “nothing more” about the police investigation into SNP finances than she did when arrested just over 18 months ago. With Police Scotland’s Operation Branchform ...

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.

Alternative proteins for the turkey, resilient super-spuds and ‘cheese from peas’ may help to keep the meal on tables for generations, ...