The gender pay gap for full-time employees has continued to decline in the UK. It was 6.8 % in April 2026, down from 7.2% in April 2025. This compares with 9.4% a decade ago and 16.4% 25 years ago.

Two “beautiful” lion cubs have been born at Edinburgh Zoo, marking the first new arrivals of the endangered species in seven years. Keepers announced on Thursday that Asiatic lion parents Jayendra ...

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Aberdeen South MP Douglas Lumsden has urged the Energy Secretary to approve the Rosebank oil field after Jackdaw was given ...

The Kandy Bar Bakery owners Stephen and Rona McAllister hand over the Saltcoats business to Craig and Lesley McPhie, promising business as usual..

A landmark exhibition featuring 300 glittering pieces will be staged at The King’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace next year.

It came as Simon Roberts warned ‘many households are finding things tough at the moment’ amid pressure on consumer budgets.

Judges will be given more powers to banish killers to their cells and block prison visits if they refuse to face their victims’ families as they are sentenced.

A city in South Korea is trying to find a new way to free a huge dusky shark from a narrow canal. Workers in the port city of Busan had herded the shark, nicknamed Bukangi, out of the canal the day ...

The incidents are heightening concerns about female politicians’ safety and raising fears about security in a country where politicians are highly accessible to the public. Poli ...

A group of women have raised £30,000 for the Ayrshire Hospice through monthly lunches and fundraising activities.