Lauren Schultz, chief executive of McDonald’s UK & Ireland, told the Press Association the group had kept its hiring levels in the face of soaring wage costs, with between 70 and 130 staff still ...

The Scottish Lib Dems believe they can win 10 constituency seats in May and return an MSP in all eight of the regions.

The John Smith Centre at Glasgow University carried out its second annual youth poll, questioning those aged 16 to 29.

John Swinney has contrasted his “reliable, experienced” leadership in Scotland with the “absolute chaos” in Westminster, where he said the Prime Minister is “fighting to save his own career”. With the ...

A first-of-its-kind trial has been launched to test a new vaccine for bird flu in humans. Thousands of people in the UK are expected to be recruited for the study, with poultry farmers or those who ...

Ofgem is to be ‘transformed’ to strengthen consumer protection under the first major update to its scope since it was founded in 2000.

Two UK ticket-holders have each won more than £41 million in Tuesday’s EuroMillions jackpot, National Lottery operator Allwyn said. The winning numbers were 13, 16, 29, 40 and 47 and the Lucky Star ...

The move comes as the deadline loomed on the current fragile truce and proposed talks in Islamabad were put on hold.