July 2023

SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn has written to the head of the civil service raising concerns that the UK Government is “exerting ever tighter control on Scotland’s national democratic institutions”. With Mr Flynn insisting that Westminster is seeking to “stop the Scottish Government from carrying out the work it was elected to do” with regards […]

Two climate campaigners have climbed to the top of The Kelpies tourist attraction as part of action targeted at the fossil fuel industry in Scotland. Activists from This Is Rigged scaled the 100ft steel equine sculptures between Falkirk and Grangemouth at 5am on Sunday. They said they would “not be lured underwater” by the fossil

The 1975 have cancelled two tour dates in Asia after a Malaysian music festival was axed over pro-LGBT+ comments made by the band’s frontman Matty Healy. The English pop-rock group announced that performances at the We The Fest in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Sunday and at the Taipei Music Centre in Taiwan on Tuesday will not

UK banks are set to reveal another set of strong profits, but the cracks could be forming as higher borrowing costs and pressure to raise savings rates takes a toll. Lloyds Banking Group, Barclays and NatWest Group will kick of bank earnings season with their half-year financial results. The British banking giants beat expectations in

Holidaymakers will be hoping to avoid fresh travel misery on Sunday as they try to get away for their summer holidays. Queues of traffic and rail strikes hampered travellers on Saturday who set off on trips after many schools across England broke up for the summer holidays. Saturday started with departing passengers being warned it

A health board has sent hundreds of cancer patients to other parts of Scotland for treatment as it tries to attract new consultants to treat those with the disease, it has emerged. Labour is demanding the Scottish Government work with NHS Tayside to tackle the situation there as a “matter of urgency”, claiming patients had

It comes on the first anniversary of the Women’s Health Strategy A range of measures to tackle disparities in healthcare for women has been launched by the Government, covering issues such as menopause, IVF and pregnancy loss. It comes as the first anniversary of the Women’s Health Strategy – a 10-year blueprint for how healthcare

That’s according to data from NHS England Staff turnover in NHS cancer services has risen significantly, with more than 4,000 leaving the workforce last year, new figures show. Data from NHS England shows the leaver rate for the cancer workforce in hospital and community health services hit 12.1% in the year to September 2022, as

That’s according to analysis in the Post Office Family Holiday Report UK families embarking on European beach holidays are being hit by higher prices compared with last summer due to inflation, figures show. The cost of tourist staples such as meals, drinks and beach items have risen year-on-year in 15 of the 16 destinations analysed

The walkout by members of the RMT will badly disrupt services, with some parts of the country having no trains all day Rail passengers face fresh travel misery on Saturday because of a strike by thousands of workers in a long-running dispute over pay, jobs and conditions. The walkout by members of the Rail, Maritime