Astronomers say they have discovered the longest pair of black hole jets ever seen in the sky coming from a galaxy far, far away. The record-breaking eruptions span 23 million light years from end to ...

Over the last few weeks you might well have – make that, almost certainly - seen a great deal of news coverage about the Trump/Harris ...

The Bank of England is poised to keep interest rates at 5% after sending a “clear message” that it would not move too quickly to cut borrowing costs. Most economists think that rate-setters on the ...

Robert MacIntyre has backed his sporting idol Andy Murray to achieve his ambition of becoming a scratch golfer “in no time”. Murray has swapped his racket for a set of clubs since his retirement from ...

John Swinney and his Government have been accused of presiding over a “lost decade” since the independence referendum. Wednesday is the 10th anniversary of the poll which saw 55% of Scots vote to stay ...

Bacteria found in a flagship Glasgow hospital within a couple of years of its opening were “not normal”, an inquiry has heard. The Scottish Hospitals Inquiry took evidence on Wednesday from Kathleen ...

Tasmin Paterson, 31, and her nine-year-old son Hudson Paterson were found dead at a property in the Fletchersbridge area of Bodmin, Cornwall, earlier this month. The mother and son were confirmed dead ...

Glasgow is poised to host a scaled-down Commonwealth Games in 2026 after stepping in following last year’s withdrawal by the Australian state of Victoria. Here, the PA news agency looks at what we can ...

US secretary of state Antony Blinken has expressed frustration at surprise escalations that he said threaten to derail efforts to broker a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. He said the ...

The Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed in March, killing six road workers, after being struck by the Dali cargo ship which had lost power.

The shielded areas in Nasa’s lunar spacecraft can protect astronauts travelling to the moon against the harmful effects of space radiation, research suggests. Chronic exposure to radiation can cause ...

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