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Nicholas Bidar became the first prisoner of this kind to have his parole review heard in public.

Gillian Keegan has suggested the Labour Party will put the expansion plan ‘at risk’ if it wins the next general election.

Households and businesses have remained resilient despite cost-of-living pressures.

The Rail, Maritime and Transport union said around 800 of its members would walk out on Saturday April 13.

The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) said the black-necked grebe saw a surge in the number of breeding pairs in 2023.

There is emerging evidence that open water swimming can have a positive impact on mental health, according to experts.

The new sister award to the Women’s Prize for Fiction aims to celebrate ‘excellence, originality and accessibility’ in narrative non-fiction.

The show will take place on Edinburgh Castle’s Esplanade throughout August.

Camilla was on a visit to a farmers’ market in Shrewsbury.

Andrew Muir spoke out during a visit to the lough with First Minister Michelle O’Neill and deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly.

The findings suggest that strong magnetic fields may be common to all black holes.

The Maclean Foundation whisky is on sale for £115 per bottle.

The draft Government Bill initially excluded Northern Ireland and Scotland.

Deputy leader Micheal Martin said the Government will make a final ‘formal’ decision when South Africa files its substantive case.

Rami Baitieh is leading the firm’s bid to recover more market share.

Cocoa prices have soared to new highs in recent weeks after extreme weather affected yields in the world’s largest exporters – Ivory Coast and Ghana.

Liberal Democrat MSP Liam McArthur will table the Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill on Thursday.

Such ‘electricity superhighways’ will be needed if the UK is to meet its wind power ambitions.

Figures published by the Environment Agency show there were 464,056 spills in 2023, up 54% from 301,091 in 2022.

NHS Dumfries and Galloway suffered a cyber attack earlier this month.