Aye Do! A quarter of all couples who got wed in Scotland last year don't live here!

A Long Island teacher who promised a $100 cash prize has finally fulfilled his challenge to a student who aced his regents test for the first time in 25 years.

Tennessee Department of Correction Commissioner Frank Strada put in his resignation and will step down from the top role later this month.

Ministers are hiring a £60,000 brand manager for a quango that is set to be axed to save money. Scottish Forestry is one of two agencies looking after the nation's...

Scotland's most notorious prison could be kept open, even though a replacement is being built at a cost of nearly £1billion.

A woman is preparing to celebrate her 100th birthday after spending her whole life in the same town where she was born.

The Highland kirk where actress Dame Helen Mirren tied the knot is being sold, with church bosses looking for offers over £80,000.

Protests over a housing crisis blamed on tourists snapping up short-term rentals across Spain exploded into violence on Saturday, with participants seen throwing fences at riot police.

Politics is a funny old business. When I was still married to a cabinet minister and frequented the dinner tables of power, I remember hearing a few jealous tongues discussing...

Omani national Hamam Al Hammami, 29, severely wounded captain Smit Machchhar using the onboard crash axe as he attempted to hijack an Israel-bound flight.

Ms Mahmood, the Home Secretary, used her Labour conference speech this week to hint at a climbdown over her controversial immigration reforms.

Andy Burnham had barely got his feet under his No10 desk when he telephoned Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, president of the United Arab Emirates.