The National Trust’s annual round up of the year shows the impacts of climate-fuelled extremes on landscapes and wildlife.

Posts have emerged dating back to 2010 in which the activist appears to call for violence towards Zionists and the police.

The Scottish Labour leader said he is certain his loyalty, his ‘identity’ and his ‘belonging and commitment to Scotland’ will be questioned.

Regional airports are among those facing the steepest increases in business rates in the UK amid an overhaul of the way the tax is calculated.

Irish officials urged that the matter be raised with British officials in ‘strong terms’ with British authorities.

MPs, campaigners and victims of violent crime urge the Government to introduce changes to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority.

Opposition parties at Westminster all said their main priority for the coming year were the local and devolved elections in May.

The earliest known coin minted in Scotland – almost 900 years ago – has been acquired for the nation after it was found by a metal detectorist.

Then-taoiseach John Bruton raised the issue with British prime minister John Major after several safety incidents over a short period in the 1990s.

Concern was expressed about the image of “superiority” that would be conveyed by the royal yacht arriving into Irish harbours as part of a mooted visit in the summer of 1996.

A report into a riot by English spectators at a football match between England and Ireland in Dublin in 1995 found pre-game safety decisions and information was “not clearly understood”, according to ...

Donald Trump said talks to secure a US-backed peace deal for Ukraine are “closer than ever before” after he met with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky in Florida. But the two leaders acknowledged ...