1+ hour, 39+ min ago   (642+ words) A Russian captain was focused on saving US lives when his container ship smashed into the side of an oil tanker causing a huge blaze, a court has heard. Vladimir Motin had been on sole watch duty last March when…...

2+ hour, 48+ min ago   (253+ words) Plans have been lodged to build a four-unit glamping site in Lisbellaw. The site would consist of three glamping pods and a treehouse as well as storage. Each of the pods will come with their own hot tub and public…...

5+ hour, 21+ min ago   (221+ words) Sir Keir Starmer will travel to China on Tuesday for the first prime ministerial visit to the country in eight years, Downing Street has confirmed. The Prime Minister will also fly to Japan this week, No 10 said. The visit marks…...

17+ hour, 52+ min ago   (381+ words) Former Conservative home secretary Suella Braverman has defected to Reform UK. She told a Reform UK veterans event in London that she had resigned her Conservative Party membership of 30 years. Ms Braverman said she would represent her constituency of Fareham…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (692+ words) The Home Secretary has praised Andy Burnham as an "exceptional politician" as she prepares to chair a meeting that will decide whether he can stand for Parliament. Members of Labour's National Executive Committee (NEC) will meet on Sunday morning to…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (657+ words) Andy Burnham's potential return to Parliament will be handled like any other selection process, a minister said amid speculation Sir Keir Starmer's allies will seek to scupper the Greater Manchester mayor's Westminster ambitions. Mr Burnham, long viewed as a potential…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (746+ words) The Scottish Government could be held in contempt of court as it faces legal action in a long-running freedom of information battle over an investigation into former first minister Nicola Sturgeon. For the first time in the history of the…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (493+ words) Heavy rain has led to road closures and affected rail travel in some parts of the country as weather warnings remain in place. A Met Office yellow alert for rain in Perth and Kinross, the Stirling area and parts of…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (487+ words) The number of police forces in England and Wales is set to be cut drastically under major reforms expected to be announced by the Home Secretary next week. Shabana Mahmood is poised to unveil the largest overhaul of policing in…...

4+ day, 47+ min ago   (444+ words) The Western Health and Social Care Trust (WH&SCT) has said that it cannot support all of the recommendations made within a roadmap produced by Save Our Acute Services (SOAS). Recently, the SOAS campaign recently put forward 20 recommendations around restoring…...