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

Alex Yee is ready to throw himself back into triathlon – and hopes his London Marathon experience will make him a better athlete.

The visit of US President Donald Trump to Scotland is in the “public interest”, Chancellor Rachel Reeves has said. Mr Trump is due to touch down in Scotland on Friday evening ahead of a four-day visit ...

Harrison Lawrence Van-Pooss was jailed for life with a minimum term of 25-and-a-half years in February for killing Claire Knights, 54, in Kent almost two years ago. He ambushed her as she walked back ...

An outbreak of a contagious disease in a herd in the Col des Saisies means the race will now bypass two scheduled climbs.

Scenes of starving people in Gaza are “deplorable”, Chancellor Rachel Reeves has said. In recent days, multiple images have come from the territory of people – including children – visibly starving, ...

Since the Israeli and US strikes on Iran, in which American B-52 bombers hit three nuclear sites, Iran’s foreign minister Abbas Araghchi has accused the E3 of hypocrisy, saying they failed to uphold ...

Joe Root moved up to third on the all-time Test run-scorers list as he and Ollie Pope helped England close in on India’s first-innings score at Emirates Old Trafford. Root overtook former India batter ...

Consumer confidence weakened slightly in July amid concerns from shoppers that they could face potential future tax rises, according to new figures. GfK’s long-running Consumer Confidence Index ...

SCOTLAND'S Poppy Fletcher was bursting with pride at being named her country’s MVP for the recent Six Nations Women’s Summer Series.

Championship leader Oscar Piastri set the early pace in practice for the Belgian Grand Prix – as Lando Norris finished half-a-second behind his title rival. Piastri, who holds an eight-point lead over ...

What I can’t do today is guarantee that there will be no disruption and that there is no risk of harm to patients. “We are doing everything we can to minimise it, but the r ...