An MSP for 10 years and a Government minister for six, the former teacher now becomes John Swinney’s second-in-command.

The King received an unwanted memento from a visit to a seaside resort where he celebrated the work of local charities – a splattering from a seagull. Charles joked about his encounter with the bird ...

A man was left to make his own way home after police seized his van, forcing him to "stagger off" from the scene on foot. The incident happened in Tennyson Road, Lowestoft, at about 7pm on Sunday. Two ...