The Scottish Hospitals Inquiry heard evidence from Dr Iain Kennedy, a public health consultant at NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde.

Zara Aleena’s murderer has refused to appear in court for a hearing over an alleged “inappropriate relationship” with a prison workshop instructor. Jordan McSweeney, 31, failed to appear via video ...

Two environmental organisations have been granted permission for a legal challenge on the Rosebank and Jackdaw offshore oil and gas fields in the North Sea. Greenpeace UK and Uplift’s legal grounds ...

Hundreds of pounds worth of items were allegedly stolen from a Wiltshire supermarket, sparking a police investigation. Officers have launched a CCTV appeal after more than £300 worth of products were ...

Experts are calling for evidence on the health impact of plastics to be placed at the core of any UN treaty agreed at final talks in November.

Some 2.79 million people are estimated to have been economically inactive in May-July 2024 due to long-term sickness. This is up from 2.71 million in the same period a year earlier and 2.05 million in ...

The member-owned mutual has spent £18 million so far this year on measures to help protect staff in its food business.

Workers have voted overwhelmingly to accept pay offers from train companies and Network Rail. Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) backed a one-year rise of 4.5% at Network Rail (NR ...

The first black woman to compete for Great Britain at the Olympic Games has embraced her role as a sporting trailblazer as she was made an MBE. Anita Neil competed in the women’s 100 metres and 4 x ...

Deveca Rose, who had arrived back at Collingwood Road to find her house on fire, claimed she had left the children with a friend called Jade.

David Garland, 39, and Jack Rance, 28, both of no fixed abode, have now been charged with murdering Mr Wheeler along with Mark Roberts, 38, and Reuben Clare, 18, both of Yeovil. The four defendants ...

The deaths of Child O and Child P on successive days in 2016 led to the removal of the nurse from the Countess of Chester Hospital’s neonatal unit.