A Glasgow taxi driver who raped a woman in a “despicable betrayal of trust” after picking her up from a night out has been jailed for seven years. Thomas Tosh, 39, attacked the woman at his home in ...

Current students on plan 2 and plan 3 also face an interest rate of RPI plus 3% while they are studying. From September 1, interest on plan 2 and 3 student loans will be capped at 6% instead of RPI ...

Former footballer Joey Barton has denied assaulting a man outside a golf club. The 43-year-old, wearing a grey zip-up fleece and with glasses on, appeared via videolink from HMP Liverpool for the plea ...

The cost-of-living crisis will “get worse” as a result of US and Israeli action in Iran, Scotland’s First Minister has said as he called for action. John Swinney has urged Downing Street to step in ...

The former Arsenal and Wales midfielder has been without a club since leaving Mexican side Pumas at the end of last year.

Donald Trump’s threats against Iranian infrastructure are “unconscionable”, Scotland’s First Minister has said. The US president gave the Tehran regime until 1am on Wednesday UK time to reopen the ...

Rachael Blackmore will be inducted as a Grand National Legend at Aintree on Thursday.

Activity in the UK’s services sector slowed last month as business and consumer spending were hit by war in the Middle East while cost inflation accelerated, increasing the risk of “stagflation”, ...

One lane is currently closed on the A1M southbound between junctions J63 and J62 due to a crash. It’s Anna Barnes here to keep you up to date with this breaking story as it develops.

Two people have been taken to hospital after a crash in the early hours of this morning. Emergency services were called to the junction of Elizabeth Way and Tees Road in Hartlepool at 4.16am (April 7) ...

One person has been taken to hospital after an assault in Darlington. Emergency services including the air ambulance were called on Monday evening (April 6), at 11.02pm. The patient was taken to ...

Muriel Pinkney, 74, a passenger on the motorbike, died in hospital nine day later from injuries sustained in the collision. The Recorder of Middlesbrough Judge Francis Laird is due to sentence PC ...