The Chancellor told an audience in Edinburgh that she understood that being Chancellor meant making unpopular decisions.

The Metropolitan Police said it has imposed conditions on a protest and counter-protest outside the central London building.

Scottish First Minister John Swinney has described the ongoing crisis in Gaza as a “genocide” after a Fringe show he appeared at was repeatedly disrupted by pro-Palestinian protesters.

Mr Swinney was speaking to comedian Susan Morrison when the event was disrupted five times by six different groups of protesters.

Police have seized drugs worth an estimated £3.68 million during a raid in Glasgow. Officers executed a warrant at a property in Milnpark Gardens, Kinning Park, on Friday August 1, where they ...