14 h. ago Scottish government minister says UK welfare reforms should be abandoned

The Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill passed its first legislative hurdle at Westminster.

Politics

19 h. ago Hundreds pay respects to 20,000 Brit soldiers killed on first day of Battle of the Somme

Poignant sound of whistles heard as tributes paid to the 20,000 British soldiers killed on the first day of the Battle of the Somme - 109 years ago

Events

4 d. ago Oregon psychiatric hospital spends thousands of taxpayers’ money on sex toys for patients — many of whom are criminals, report finds

Access to sexual aids creates safer environment for staff and other patients, hospital says

Economics

6 d. ago Creepy 'human whistle' heard in abandoned UK psychiatric hospital

More ghostly goings-on have been witnessed at the derelict Rosslynlee Hospital that used to treat psychiatric patients but has been closed since 2011 and lies abandoned

Science

6 d. ago Creepy 'human whistle' heard inside abandoned Scots psychiatric hospital

Describing the noise as "unexplainable", the group were left "scared and shook" and caught the bizarre moment on camera after visiting the abandoned hospital.

Science

6 d. ago Car abandoned in river in Aberdeen as driver nowhere to be seen

The errant motor was seen in the River Don in Stoneywood, Aberdeen, at around 2pm on Wednesday, June 25.

Transport

2 w. ago Voices: I’m a Met Police whistleblower – and these are the horror stories I’ve heard

It's not the life-and-death situations that make 'blue-light' work intolerable, it's the rogue employees who the forces won't sack, says former 999 call handler turned police conduct campaigner Issy Vine

Events

2 w. ago I restored an abandoned wartime 1940s police car that was dumped in a scrapyard

Meet the grandfather who bought an authentic wartime police car, and renovated the 88 year old vehicle which was once abandoned for scrap.

Events

3 w. ago Chancellor Rachel Reeves told to abandon 'austerity' welfare cuts in spending review by the SNP

The SNP says Labour must ‘abandon plans to impose more austerity cuts’

Economics

4 w. ago Madeleine McCann 'evidence' found in abandoned houses by search teams

German and Portuguese police have been searching abandoned properties near Praia Da Luz in Portugal, where Madeleine went missing 18 years ago.

Politics