THE people of Somalia's breakaway region of Somaliland went to the polls today in a key presidential election that was ...
Research carried out by Food Train has found that at least 16 per cent of Scotland’s pensioners — amounting to over 170,000 — live with the risk of malnutrition and the true number could be much ...
THE elderly face losing another lifeline after the Post Office announced plans today that put 115 branches and some 1,000 jobs at risk. Communication Workers Union (CWU) called the proposals “immoral” ...
THE new Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake is looking to consolidate his party's power in tomorrow’s parliamentary election to help him implement his election pledges to solve the country's ...
PARLIAMENT has voted to evict the last of Britain’s hereditary peers from the House of Lords after more than seven centuries in occupation — but the bishops cling on. Labour’s House of Lords ...
THE Labour government’s plans to close inheritance tax loopholes are already having a “chilling effect” on farming and rural businesses in Scotland, First Minister John Swinney warned today. Speaking ...
THAMES WATER hailed “an important milestone” towards staving off its imminent collapse today. The heavily indebted firm announced that its top-ranking creditors had given the go-ahead to proceed to ...
SENIOR officers at Police Scotland are being asked to reject overtime and stick to “core duty hours” as frustrations over their long-running pay and staffing dispute escalates. The Association of ...
After a year of vibrant Palestine protests, LINDSEY GERMAN calls all campaigners to this weekend’s mass meeting of the ...
MORE must be done to end the stigma and “correct the myths” around serious mental illness (SMI), clinicians have warned. The Royal College of Psychiatrists in Scotland (RCPS) made the call after ...
THE Merseyside Pensioners Association (MAP) toured medical bodies around London today protesting against the dismantlement of the NHS. Their first stop was the General Medical Council (GMC), the ...
AN IRANIAN man convicted of raping dozens of women over the past two decades has been executed in public, the country's media reported today. The IRAN newspaper said Mohammad Ali Salamat was hanged ...