The advisory Climate Change Committee says a third of the emissions reductions needed in 15 years will come from household action.

Syria’s new rulers kicked off a long-awaited national dialogue conference on Tuesday as a “rare historical opportunity” to ...

John Swinney will host his first Bute House press conference as First Minister on Wednesday where he will outline his plan to “renew public trust in politics” and unite Scotland “against the ...

European nations must ‘step up and do more on defence’ Rachel Reeves said after the UK pledged to raise defence spending.

Researchers concluded that while this would be “preferable” to the two-child limit currently in place, “there is a strong principled argument for the social security system to return to allocating ...

The project will use lasers, routed through optical benches made in Edinburgh, to measure gravitational waves.

A think tank has called on institutions to urgently ‘stress test’ their assessments to check they cannot be easily completed using AI.

Technology ministers Peter Kyle and Sir Chris Bryant have unveiled a new plan to boost access to digital skills training and tech.

Almost four in five NHS doctors have been forced to provide care in the likes of corridors, chairs and waiting rooms in the past month, according to a poll. Medics told the Royal College of Physicians ...

But the Climate Change Committee is being ‘less prescriptive’ on airport capacity than in previous advice to Government.

The committee said its modelling shows that, by mid-century, households would save around £700 a year on heating bills and another £700 on motoring costs, with a switch to electric heat pumps for home ...