4 h. ago New figures reveal Perth and Kinross Council is owed £36.8m in unpaid council tax

Perth and Kinross Council is owed more than £36.8million in unpaid council tax according to new figures, which come weeks after councillors voted to hike council tax by 9.5-per cent.

Economics

4 h. ago ‘This is no isolated event’: attack on Palestinian director brings rising settler violence into focus

Activists fear unprecedented levels of violence, with the apparent backing of Israeli authorities, part of drive to force Palestinians out of the West BankIt was around 6pm, just after its Palestinian residents had finished their daily Ramadan fast, dozens of masked Israeli settlers, armed with batons, knives and assault rifles, entered the West Bank village of Susiya in the rural Masafer Yatta area of the south Hebron hills. Among them were a group of Israeli soldiers who escorted the settlers into the village where Hamdan Ballal, one of the four directors of the Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land, lives.About three weeks after appearing on stage at the 97th Academy Awards in Los Angeles to accept the Oscar, Ballal has become the victim of the very violence shown in his film. Continue reading...

Events

18 h. ago Got a broken smart meter that's gone dumb? You could be quids

Damning official figures reveal that as many as 3.5 million smart meters are currently operating in 'dumb' mode.

Politics

22 h. ago Got a broken smart meter? You can now get £40 if it's not fixed in 90 days

Damning official figures reveal that as many as 3.5 million smart meters are currently operating in 'dumb' mode.

Economics

28 h. ago Patients and staff praise remarkable turnaround in NHS Out of Hours service for Forth Valley

The Out of Hours service once struggled to get staff but NHS Forth Valley board heard it's changed for the better

Science

29 h. ago New figures reveal Dumfries and Galloway's property hot spots and not spots

Professional house buying firm Property Solvers have crunched the numbers to find out how long it takes homes to sell.

Politics

31 h. ago NHS Greater Glasgow blasted over 'rotten and fatal' culture with staff concerns 'ignored'

John Swinney faced questions after a review that found a "serious breakdown" in relationships among staff and management at NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde

Events

32 h. ago Scottish health board review findings 'completely unacceptable', says John Swinney

A probe found a ‘serious breakdown’ in relationships among staff and management at NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde

Politics

37 h. ago 'Serious breakdown' in staff relationships put NHS patients at risk

The probe by Healthcare Improvement Scotland looked at emergency departments in three hospitals in the NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde health board, which serves a population of 1.2 million people and employs 44,000 staff.

Events

53 h. ago NHS staff can save HUNDREDS with these discounts this Mother's Day

Mother’s Day is the perfect time to celebrate the people who care for us - and no one fits the bill quite like our NHS staff.

Politics

58 h. ago 'We are spending more and getting less': Wes Streeting gives damning verdict on NHS

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is set to announce billions of pounds of spending cuts at her Spring Statement later today as she scrambles to balance the books.

Politics

3 d. ago Figures reveal that almost 1,300 West Lothian apprentices are in training

The Scottish Budget allocated a further £100 million for the coming financial year

Politics

4 d. ago Shocking figures reveal UK spends double the defence budget on working age benefits

Analysis by The Independent has revealed the scale of Britain’s welfare bill to the taxpayer

Economics

4 d. ago Shocking figures reveal UK spends twice as much on working age benefits than defence

Analysis by The Independent has revealed the scale of Britain’s welfare bill to the taxpayer

Economics

6 d. ago Britain's biggest 'baby deserts' are revealed amid terrifying threat of 'underpopulation': Interactive map shows how many children women have in YOUR area

Alarming figures laying bare the 'baby bust' reveal some boroughs have seen a 60 per cent decline in women having children since 2013.

Events

6 d. ago Labour pledges to ‘tear down’ barriers after new figures reveal Brexit costing UK business £37bn a year

Exclusive: Billions of pounds worth of lost business with other European Union countries prompts calls to re-enter customs union and single market

Economics

6 d. ago Labour pledge to ‘tear down’ barriers after new figures reveal Brexit costing UK business £37bn a year

Exclusive: Billions of pounds worth of lost business with other European Union countries prompts calls to re-enter customs union and single market

Economics

6 d. ago Box office figures reveal extent of Disney's humiliation over 'woke' Snow White car crash

Box office figures for the opening day of Disney's live-action 'woke' remake of Snow White have been revealed with critics calling it a 'painfully muddle-headed affair.'

Events

7 d. ago Grim figures reveal scale of problem with Wales' 'economically inactive'

More than half a million of working age adults in Wales are not seeking employment

Economics

8 d. ago Scottish Baby Girl Names: Latest figures reveal the 13 most popular names in Scotland over the past year

There’s a new name at the top of the baby name table.

Politics