65 m. ago Rail renationalisation: Train firms 'will be told to cut cancellations to 2%' to tackle dire performance

Great British Railways to crack down on worst cancellation rate in a decade

Politics

3 d. ago West Lothian rugby club to have summer dance noise levels checked

Linlithgow Rugby Club has agreed to have Environmental Health officers monitor the volume at social events planned around the town’s Marches festival later this year.

Politics

5 d. ago West Lothian cafe given reprieve despite 'running at £100K loss due to lack of customers'

West Lothian’s Integration Joint Board, which oversees social care, agreed to postpone plans to close the cafe in Bathgate's Rosemount Gardens as part of budget cuts.

Economics

7 d. ago Danny Dyer hails Stephen Graham’s Adolescence as he blasts social media: 'It’s destroying the planet'

Dyer discussed the dangers of social media for young people with The Standard and suggested the UK consider social media age restrictions similar to Australia's

Politics

8 d. ago NHS plan will see funds allocated to social care, Health Secretary says

Wes Streeting suggested he will increase NHS spending on social care but did not say by how much.

Society

8 d. ago The Labour Government must scrap its damaging plans for social security cuts

Writing for the Record, SNP Cabinet Secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville says UK Government welfare plans have created "real uncertainty and widespread worry".

Politics

1 week ago Full list of cancelled Heathrow flights as airport recovers from power outage

More than 600 flights were due to land at Heathrow on Friday - carrying up to 145,000 people

Society

1 week ago ‘Colossal failure’: what the papers say about the Heathrow airport shutdown

Chaos at Europe’s busiest airport caused by a substation fire dominates UK front pages on SaturdayThe closure of Heathrow, Europe’s busiest airport, due to a fire at a nearby electrical substation dominates the front pages of British newspapers on Saturday, with more than 1,350 flights cancelled and journeys disrupted for hundreds of thousands of passengers.The Guardian splashes with “Chaos and anger as fire shuts Heathrow airport”, above a picture of anxious travellers, and an article that focuses on Downing Street’s reaction: that there are “questions to answer” as to how a power failure could cause such disruption. Continue reading...

Events

1 week ago Heathrow Airport closure fire 'investigated by counter terrorism police' after huge blaze

The blaze grounded over a thousand flights and cast nearly 300,000 passengers into travel chaos as their flights out of Heathrow were cancelled and planes were diverted to other airports in Britain and Europe

Events

1 week ago Full list of cancelled Heathrow flights as Gatwick issues statement

More than 600 flights were due to land at Heathrow on Friday - carrying up to 145,000 people

Politics

1 week ago Heathrow Airport fire: Tens of flights cancelled at Scottish airports as British Airways departures hit

Flights have been cancelled at Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen and Inverness airports due to the closure of London Heathrow due to a major fire

Events

1 week ago Heathrow Airport fire: Flights cancelled at Scottish airports as British Airways departures hit

Flights have been cancelled at Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen and Inverness airports due to the closure of London Heathrow due to a major fire

Events

1 week ago Full scale of Heathrow chaos emerges as airlines react to airport closure

More than 600 flights were due to land at Heathrow on Friday - carrying up to 145,000 people

Society

1 week ago Full scale of Heathrow arrivals chaos revealed as airlines react to airport closure

More than 600 flights were due to land at Heathrow on Friday - carrying up to 145,000 people

Society

2 w. ago Shocking plan would force thousands to file for Social Security claims in person

An estimated 75,000 and 85,000 recipients would be sent to field offices every week

Events

2 w. ago Social housing landlord lodges plans for more than 40 new homes in Dumfries

Wheatley Homes South has been working with tenants and residents over the regeneration of Summerhill.

Politics

2 w. ago Major change to driving tests as urgent action taken to slash waiting times

Learner drivers in Britain will need to give more notice if they want to cancel or postpone a practical test as part of efforts to reduce the backlog for slots

Politics

2 w. ago ITV Britain's Got Talent fans fume as show taken off air for 'unnecessary' reason

Britain's Got Talent was cancelled from the ITV schedule on Saturday evening, leaving fans of the popular talent programme fuming at the decision to axe the show.

Culture

2 w. ago Why ITV Britain's Got Talent isn't on TV tonight and when it airs next

Britain's Got Talent has been cancelled this Saturday, March 15 as ITV has pulled the show and the schedule is set to get a bit of a shake up this weekend

Politics

2 w. ago Why is Britain's Got Talent not on tonight? ITV show cancelled in schedule shake

Britain's Got Talent viewers will be left disappointed this evening

Culture