Research by anti-poverty charity Trussell found 670,000 people in Scotland have fallen well below the poverty line, including 170,000 children.

Four in every five pensioners living below or just above the poverty line will lose the winter fuel payment under planned benefit cuts, according to a charity. Age UK said its analysis suggested that ...

Hollywood star Idris Elba’s foundation has joined forces with The Prince’s Trust to support young people who want to get into creative careers. The new project, titled Creative Futures – which ...

Stressed bees are more likely to make pessimistic choices – indicating that their response to set-backs resembles human emotions, scientists have found. Researchers at Newcastle University trained ...

Drivers have rated the M42 as England’s worst motorway thanks to it having reduced speed limits “for no apparent reason” and the combination of “roadworks, potholes and delays”. The 40-mile-long ...

Serious concerns about the record number of investigations launched when information suggests a child is being seriously harmed has prompted councils to call for emergency funding in the forthcoming ...

The Marine Conservation Society (MCS) said they could be flagship species for sustainable fishing in the UK. However, several brown crab and European lobster fisheries saw a dent in their ratings in ...

An image of western toad tadpoles won the Natural History Museum’s 60th annual Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition.

The First Minister will tell a renewables conference how the North East of Scotland must be “the powerhouse of the renewables revolution”. John Swinney will speak on Wednesday at the Scottish ...

The court ordered the shutdown after a monthslong dispute with Elon Musk on free speech, far-right accounts and misinformation.

The Met Office has also warned that thunderstorms may cause flooding and road closures across parts of southern England.

A 12-year-old girl is in a stable condition after she was attacked by an XL bully dog. Officers were called to an address in Brynmawr, Blaenau Gwent, at around 5.50pm on Monday, Gwent Police said. The ...