The discount chain also indicated it will shut dozens more of its UK shops in the coming years under the new ownership.

A long-awaited Stormont plan to target poverty has been criticised as “underwhelming”. Communities Minister Gordon Lyons launched an extended 14-week public consultation on the Executive’s ...

Russia has in recent months stepped up its aerial attacks. It launched almost 500 drones at Ukraine on June 10 in the biggest overnight drone bombardment of the war. Russia also pounded Kyiv on April ...

A Police Scotland spokesperson said: "Around 4pm on Monday, June 16 we were called to a report of a disturbance in Johnston Crescent, Dunfermline. "A 33-year-old man and a 48-year-old man were ...

A man has admitted murdering and decapitating his 21-year-old girlfriend before texting her mother pretending to be her and searching for internet pornography.

Planning has begun for the next census of England and Wales, with the survey expected to take place in 2031. A census of the population has been held regularly since 1801, typically every 10 years, ...

The UK Government should expand the grooming gangs scandal inquiry to cover Scotland, the shadow Scottish secretary has said. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer announced a probe after initially ruling ...

A ROSYTH teenager is in the spotlight after winning a Scottish Dance Award. Ruby Anderson, 14, who trains at the New Movement Dance Company in the town, was triumphant in the Rising Star category at ...

Flight AI159 was planned to depart Ahmedabad, India, at 1.10pm local time on Tuesday, and arrive at Gatwick airport at 6.25pm BST.

Energy firm Utilita is to pay around £277,000 in compensation after failing to pay its Warm Home Discount payments on time, Ofgem said. The regulator found Utilita – which supplies 800,000 customers – ...

The Justice Secretary has described measures proposing to decriminalise abortion as “extreme” as she outlined her opposition ahead of a vote by MPs. Amendments likely to be debated on Tuesday are ...

A woman has died after being found with stab wounds inside a house where a gas explosion took place. The 46-year-old was found fatally injured inside a house in Dumont Road, Stoke Newington, ...