Farmers currently do not pay inheritance tax on agricultural and business assets which they pass on. Under Labour’s initial proposal, the full 100% relief was to be restricted to the first £1 million ...

The Stornoway to Ullapool ferry sails by as Gordon Wink checks the lights on the fishing creel Christmas tree he helped to design and build on the harbour-side in Ullapool, Wester Ross. The 30ft tree, ...

General Muhammad Ali Ahmad al-Haddad was in Ankara for high-level defence talks aimed at boosting military co-operation ...

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Nothing has the ability to get you in the festive spirit like cuddling up on the couch and indulging in some Christmas telly. Many of us sit back on our sofa in recovery from our Christmas dinner to ...

Sixteen players competed across two days at Townend Squash Club as they battled to win the coveted Christmas Pudding Tournament. The thrilling contest is played in an unconventional manner with ...

The men, both aged 30, were arrested as part of Operation Venetic – a Europe-wide effort to identify and dismantle organised crime groups.

US TV host and cook book author Martha Stewart has become a minority owner of Swansea City AFC. The lifestyle and homemaking expert, 84, joins rapper Snoop Dogg and Croatian footballer Luka Modric as ...

A campaign group which won a landmark Supreme Court fight against the Scottish Government fears ministers are “trying to run us out of cash” ahead of a second high-profile legal action.

Sir Keir Starmer has acknowledged that many are “still struggling with the cost of living” in a Christmas message that noted “hardship can feel even more acute” over the festive period. The Prime ...

The abbey’s Lady Chapel is the location of Charles’ broadcast, a late medieval construction built for Henry VII.

Pamela Dunbar and her relatives have organised Santa’s postbox in the town for years. Dressed as Santa and his elves in their festive garden in Redstone Avenue, they also entertain pupils from nearby ...