The number of people in Scotland’s prisons has hit a record high, the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) has said. There were ...

The Metropolitan Police has revealed the last sighting of Ethiopian national Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu was in Hackney, ...

Left-wing independent Catherine Connolly pledged to be a president for all after being elected as Ireland’s 10th president.

Congratulating Ms Connolly, the Social Democrats’ Holly Cairns called the victory a “seismic moment in our history”. She said ...

Questions have been raised about the judgment of Fianna Fail leader Micheal Martin and his deputy leader Jack Chambers in ...

The left-wing independent candidate showed her political and physical stamina during the final months of the campaign.

There was some criticism of the small number of candidates, leading to focus on the strict nomination criteria.

John Swinney has said he would be happy to meet with the family of Sheku Bayoh, after the chairman of the inquiry into his ...

Leaders of parties which backed the independent candidate have been congratulating her ahead of an expected decisive victory.

Police said Ethiopian national Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu has made a number of trips in London and has access to funds.

A former Labour Treasury minister and the first director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, Lord Taverne became a Lib Dem ...