There is nothing in the Bill to say they have to, nor is there anything to say they do not have to, she said, adding on the Parliament Matters podcast that this is “the best position to be in” and ...

BACKGROUND reports have been ordered into a Galashiels man who has admitted his involvement in serious organised crime. Twenty-eight-year-old Brodie Anderson pleaded guilty at Selkirk Sheriff Court to ...

Thames Water bosses could see their bonuses blocked as soon as next month under new powers for Ofwat. The Water (Special Measures) Bill gave regulator Ofwat powers to ban bonuses when water companies ...

Weinstein has pleaded not guilty and maintains that he has never had sexual encounters that were not consensual.

The Conservatives will introduce a Welsh winter fuel payment if they win the next Senedd election, the party leader is to announce. Welsh Tories will meet in Llangollen on Friday for their annual ...

Thursday’s second semi-final marks the first time in Basel that UK audiences at home can vote under Eurovision rules.

Protesters have “disrupted” Israeli singer Yuval Raphael’s rehearsal for the Eurovision Song Content semi-final, organisers have said. The singer, 24, was performing New Day Will Rise during the ...

The MP behind the assisted dying Bill has defended it as another leading medical body raised concerns about the risks of it “failing to protect vulnerable patients”. The Royal College of Physicians ...

The Prime Minister has defended plans to release some criminals on recall earlier to ease jail overcrowding as ministers faced a backlash over concerns for victim and public safety.

The company’s boss said criminals had bribed some of its customer service agents who live outside the US to hand over personal data on customers.

British Airways has been fined more than £3.2 million after a luggage handler suffered a bleed on the brain and another broke his back when they fell from height while working at Heathrow Airport.

REIGNING European champion Lorena Wiebes is set to compete in the women's Tour of Britain. The event, which is the UK's largest professional women's cycling race, is scheduled to begin on June 5. The ...