Scotland’s First Minister has hinted that the already scaled-back programme for the 2026 Commonwealth Games could be cut further if costs spiral.

Homes should be sold with “garden performance certificates” similar to those which analyse energy efficiency, to support health, wellbeing and nature, horticulture experts have suggested.

The Sinn Fein leader said she has written to the teenager and his mother ‘offering a full, unequivocal and sincere apology’.

The former boss of fashion giant Abercrombie & Fitch and his British partner have been arrested and face sex trafficking charges, according to reports. Ex-chief executive Mike Jeffries, his partner ...

Scottish Government official Andrew Slorance, 49, died in December 2020 at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow.

Speaking to the PA news agency, Mr Swinney said the Government has secured assurances that the cost of the event will be met through funding from the Commonwealth Games Foundation and Commonwealth ...