A set of triplets paid tribute to their grandfather as they all graduated from the same university. The three sisters, Rose, ...

A brother who attacked his older sister with a hammer as she lay in bed has been detained indefinitely for her manslaughter.

A driver who admitted causing the death of a young mother who was knocked off the back of an electric motorbike ridden by her boyfriend has been jailed for more than five years. Keaton Muldoon, 23, ...

John Swinney has said he “very much” regrets former SNP Westminster deputy leader Mhairi Black’s decision to quit the party. Ms Black, who spent nine years as an MP, said the party’s “capitulation” on ...

Aspiring rapper Kelyan Bokassa was stabbed around 27 times in the attack that lasted around 14 seconds as he travelled on a route 472 bus ...

The defendants, who cannot be named, boarded the bus 20 minutes later each armed with identical machetes hidden in their clothes.

France’s highest court on Friday upheld some of Syrian ex-leader Bashar Assad’s personal immunity as a head of state, while allowing possible future war crime warrants, drawing criticism from human ...

There were “failings” in the provision of care for former England cricketer Graham Thorpe in the months before he died, a coroner said, as he recorded a conclusion of suicide at his inquest. The ...

The Forth Road Bridge has been closed to traffic after 10 Greenpeace activists suspended themselves from the structure in order to block a tanker. The group said it wanted to block an Ineos tanker ...

Crispin Odey is suing the Financial Times for libel and is separately being sued by five women over denied claims of alleged misconduct.

Britain’s proscription of Palestine Action is a “disturbing misuse” of counter-terror laws, the United Nations human rights chief has said. Volker Turk has urged the UK to lift the ban, which he ...

The Business Secretary has said the idea of a “magic wealth tax” to raise funds is “daft” amid speculation that the Chancellor could turn to such a measure to plug holes in the public finances.