Firefighter Barry Martin dies after Jenners blaze
Firefighter Barry Martin has died after he was critically injured tackling a blaze at the historic Jenners building in Edinburgh.Mr Martin, 38, from Fife, sustained serious injuries during the blaze at the former department store which started on Monday and
Revellers celebrate New Year’s Eve across UK with fun and fireworks
The UK has ushered in 2023 with revellers across the country celebrating New Year’s Eve.Partygoers defied wet weather to welcome in 2023 after the Met Office issued yellow warnings for rain in England’s South West and southern Wales, and warnings
Jeremy Clarkson ‘horrified’ over hurt caused by article about Duchess of Sussex
Jeremy Clarkson has said he is “horrified to have caused so much hurt” following backlash over comments he made in a newspaper column about how he “hated” the Duchess of Sussex.The former Top Gear presenter, 62, said he would “be
Cinema images beamed onto Edinburgh landmarks in bid to save film festival
Edinburgh was lit up with images of cinema classics as campaigners try to save the world’s longest continuously running film festival.Last month, the charity behind the Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF), the city’s Filmhouse cinema, and the Belmont Filmhouse in
Sturgeon says Truss asked her about how to get into Vogue magazine
Nicola Sturgeon has said Liz Truss “looked a little bit as if she’d swallowed a wasp” after the First Minister told her she had been in Vogue twice.Ms Sturgeon said the Foreign Secretary asked her about how to get into
Dame Deborah James’ ‘tremendous legacy’ remembered following her death aged 40
Dame Deborah James has been hailed for the “tremendous legacy” she leaves behind for her tireless campaigning and the spotlight she shone in raising awareness for bowel cancer.Podcast host and mother of two Dame Deborah, who became known as Bowelbabe,
Overturning of Roe v Wade abortion rights ‘big step backwards’, says Johnson
Boris Johnson has condemned a decision to scrap the constitutional right to abortion in the United States as a “big step backwards”.The US Supreme Court has ended constitutional protections for abortion that have been in place for nearly 50 years
Future Scottish independence referendum ‘should be put to all four UK nations’
A future Scottish independence vote should include all four nations, peers have heard.The Bishop of Blackburn Rt Rev Julian Henderson suggested a referendum on the union, such as a Scottish independence referendum, could include all four nations as peers debated
Scotland is ‘being held back by Westminster’, SNP’s Ian Blackford says
Scotland is “being held back by Westminster”, SNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford has told MPs.Mr Blackford referenced the Scottish Government’s plans to hold a second independence referendum, as he questioned the Prime Minister at PMQs in the Commons.He warned: “Scotland