Teenager killed in Caithness crash named

Police have named a teenager who died in a two-car crash in Caithness.Lauren Miller, 18, was killed in a collision on the A882 on Monday evening.The

British man whose fiancee lost engagement ring in NYC pops question on US TV

A British man whose fiancee dropped her engagement ring down a grate in Times Square popped the question again after being reunited with the band on

Stars praise ‘amazing job’ of Armed Forces at awards ceremony

Celebrities have joined members of the Armed Forces at a red carpet awards ceremony recognising the contributions of the military.Dame Kelly Holmes,

Stars team up with Grenfell survivors to launch new campaign

Adele, Stormzy and other stars have joined with Grenfell survivors to call on the Government to remove “dangerous cladding” from

May appeals to EU leaders to save her Brexit deal

Theresa May has appealed to EU leaders to give her the assurances she needs to get the backing of MPs for her Brexit deal.At the EU summit in

Boris Johnson to be subject of new Brexit play

A new play about Brexit, which will be updated every night to reflect changes in the political landscape, will premiere in London next year.The Last

FTSE 100 struggles for direction as retailers battered

The FTSE 100 struggled for direction on Thursday as traders adopted a “wait and see” approach amid further Brexit fallout and as

Nigeria sues Shell and Eni for £868m over 2011 oil deal

The Nigerian government has filed a billion-dollar claim in a British court against oil giants Royal Dutch Shell and Eni over alleged fraud and

Mike Ashley claims Debenhams on the brink as he offers £40m loan

Mike Ashley has claimed Debenhams is on the brink of collapse as he urged the struggling retailer to accept his offer of a £40 million loan to

Serco bullish while outsourcing rivals suffer

Serco has bucked the wider woes in the outsourcing sector as the group confirmed it remains on track to hit recently raised profit forecasts for the

G4S mulls options for spinning off cash solutions business

Security firm G4S is considering separating out its cash solutions business in a move that it says could unlock “substantial”

Purplebricks narrows full-year revenue guidance amid tough market conditions

Online estate agent Purplebricks has trimmed its full-year revenue guidance amid a sluggish UK property sector.The AIM-listed company expects

Time limit for sexual harassment complaints against MSPs could be scrapped

Plans to scrap the one-year time limit on raising sexual harassment complaints against MSPs have been put forward at the Scottish Parliament.The

Scottish income tax takings ‘will offset UK Government reduction in budget’

Income tax plans in the Scottish budget will raise an estimated £182 million above UK Government deductions for devolved tax powers, independent

First Minister: Scottish Government cannot afford to mitigate two-child cap

Scottish ministers “don’t have the money” to end the two-child cap on benefits set by the UK, Nicola Sturgeon

Best Start Grant receives thousands of applications from mothers on first day

More than 4,000 mothers applied for Scotland’s new baby grant on the first day it was introduced, the First Minister has said.The Best

Tax changes worth ‘price of a packet of crisps’ to people on £15,000 salaries

Households on an income of £15,000 a year will only be 49p better off as a result of tax changes made by the Scottish Government, the Tories have

Theresa May confirms she will not lead Tories into 2022 election

Theresa May has confirmed she will not lead the Conservative Party into the next general election.But she declined to put a date on her departure,

Main suspect in Strasbourg attack has been killed: police sources

STRASBOURG/PARIS, Dec 13 (Reuters) - The suspected gunman, who killed three people at a Christmas market in Strasbourg, has been killed, two

‘Hi-tech robot’ shown off on Russian technology show unmasked as man in suit

A robot shown off on Russian TV stunned an audience of schoolchildren with abilities including dancing, walking, talking and solving maths

Articulated lorry ploughs through fountain roundabout

The dramatic moment that an articulated lorry crashed through a fountain on a roundabout was captured on CCTV. The scary incident took place in

Turkish train crash in Ankara kills nine, injures 47

Nine people were killed and nearly 50 injured in Turkey when a high speed train collided with a locomotive and crashed into a station platform and

Cats rescued from slaughterhouse in China

Animal activists and members of China Animal Protection Power, a group founded with assistance from Humane Society International, banded together

Woman, 102, breaks skydiving record

A great-grandmother from Australia is thought to have become the world's oldest skydiver after leaping out of an aircraft at 14,000ft. Most