Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood said guilty defendants avoiding court was a ‘final insult to victims and their families’.

NORTH Ayrshire councillors have agreed to review their mobile phone policy in schools amid reports of violence, pupils filming teachers and fights being shown online. The move followed a call for ...

Mr Reed confirmed the proposals had been dropped during an Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Efra) committee session with MPs on Tuesday.

Flight attendants in Spain have been told to hand back five months’ worth of salary increases after a row between the airline and a union.

William and Kate are named in the Innovators category where they are hailed by the US publication for modernising royal philanthropy. The Time100 Philanthropy 2025 is described as “the 100 most ...

The Government has pledged to prioritise any bid for compensation by a man who spent 38 years in prison after wrongly being convicted of murder. Speaking in Parliament, justice minister Lord Ponsonby ...

The consultation period was extended from two weeks to six ‘in light of the level of public interest’, the Equality and Human Rights ...

Billionaire Elon Musk has said he is committed to being chief executive of Tesla in five years’ time as the carmaker faced intense consumer and stock price pressure over his work with US President ...

Matt Sherratt wants Wales to “lay a foundation” for Warren Gatland’s long-term successor as head coach during a two-Test tour of Japan in July. Cardiff boss Sherratt will resume interim head coach ...

The Foreign Secretary has been “begged” to “save children’s lives” in Gaza as MPs from across the Commons urged him to refer to Israel’s actions in the region as a “genocide”. David Lammy announced ...

Over 800 clubs will throw open their rinks over the upcoming Bank Holiday for the fifth edition of the Bowls Big Weekend.

A 17-year-old youth has appeared in court charged with murdering teenager Kayden Moy during an attack on a beach. Kayden, 16, was attacked on Saturday on Irvine beach, North Ayrshire, and died in ...