Lenzie Academy cost rises to £138m amid contamination concerns

In papers released on Thursday ahead of an 18 December East Dunbartonshire Council meeting, officers outlined the updated costs of the project. These costs include the need to remove “hazardous waste” materials... Read more »

Would you fight voluntarily if WW3 broke out? Take our poll and have your say

The UK is facing the “greatest military threat in a generation,” experts have urged, with the NATO Chief warning that within the next five years, Russia could attack a member state Putin... Read more »

Grieving father’s furious call to female judge after his wife and her children were shot dead in mansion shortly after divorcing doctor husband-from-hell

A grieving father made an angry phone call to a judge overseeing his daughter’s divorce the day that she and her two children were found shot dead.  Randy Powell made the frantic... Read more »

Church of England warns against fake outrage that ‘Christmas is cancelled’ ahead of Tommy Robinson carols rally

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email A senior... Read more »

First Minister John Swinney backs Justice Secretary Angela Constance amid threat of no confidence vote in grooming gangs row | UK News

John Swinney is facing calls to sack his justice secretary, with the Scottish Conservatives and Scottish Labour vowing to bring a vote of no confidence against her amid claims she “brazenly misrepresented”... Read more »

Left-wing Labour MPs split on Angela Rayner’s future amid leadership speculation | Politics News

Left-wing Labour MPs are split on whether they would welcome an Angela Rayner leadership bid, as speculation continues over whether Sir Keir Starmer can survive. Senior MPs on the left have told... Read more »

‘I’m not going to hide again’: Stakeknife report met with relief by victims’ families | Northern Ireland

When Freddie Scappaticci’s “nutting squad” murdered suspected IRA informers the dead men’s families entered a singular hell. To have a father, brother or son dumped by a roadside, bound and hooded, with... Read more »

What is happening to the assisted dying bill in the House of Lords? | Assisted dying

The assisted dying bill could fall even after passing the House of Commons – and perhaps even without a vote on the substance of the bill in the House of Lords. We... Read more »

Fife nurse to appeal against ‘hugely problematic’ trans changing room ruling | Scotland

Sandie Peggie, the Fife nurse who was suspended after she complained about sharing a female changing room with a transgender doctor, will appeal against a “hugely problematic” employment tribunal ruling, her solicitor... Read more »

The UK’s pharma deal was vital – but the GSK boss is right about US dominance | Nils Pratley

That’s gratitude, eh? It’s not even a fortnight since the government agreed to raise the prices the NHS pays for new medicines and here comes the boss of GSK, Britain’s second largest... Read more »