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The Defence Secretary said there is evidence of ‘potential failings’ of the contractor behind the hacked payroll system, named as SSCL in Parliament.

The SNP leader won a vote that will see him become the seventh person to become First Minister since 1999.

The Scottish Covid-19 Inquiry was hearing evidence on day 43 of its health and social care impact hearings.

Not enough is being done to ensure these roles are representative of society at large, the Public Accounts Committee said.

‘The interests of justice require that those allegations go forward to trial,’ Judge David Cook said on Tuesday.

The tech giant announced a new ultra-powerful iPad Pro alongside new two versions of the iPad Air.

Campaigners have been fighting for compensation for decades.

Labour’s shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves said the Government is ‘planning to pick pensioners pockets’.

A 27-year-old woman was arrested on Thursday on suspicion of neglecting a child to cause unnecessary injury.

Official data showed a slower rate of hospitality firm closures in the first quarter, but 368 sites still shut their doors for good.

The Duke of Sussex has travelled to London to mark the 10th anniversary of the Invictus Games.

Last week the UK Covid-19 Inquiry heard that phones belonging to ministers were reset as well as delays in responding minutes of meetings.

Russian national Dmitry Khoroshev has been sanctioned as part of a crackdown on cyber crime group LockBit.

David Maggs and Michael Horton died within an hour of each other at HMP Parc, taking the number of people to die at the jail in recent weeks to nine.

Mr Swinney won a vote of MSPs.

Conor Murphy has been advised to rest pending medical tests, Sinn Fein vice president Michelle O’Neill said.

Scientists have developed a ‘sperm whale phonetic alphabet’ to understand more about how whales communicate.

April 2024 was the hottest on record for the month, EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service says.

Finance Minister Caoimhe Archibald said Stormont is not asking for more, but simply equal funding to the rest of the UK.

The departing leader said his heart would forever belong to Scotland.