Pandu Nayak, chief scientist at Google Search, responded that the company is trying to prevent spammers from abusing search results.

The Duchess of Edinburgh was exploring the Peruvian Amazon, seeing sloths, snakes and spiders during her tour of South and Central America.

John Swinney told MSPs at First Minister’s Questions on Thursday that the Chief Medical Officer has warned him the flu season will be “particularly challenging” this year and could see services ...

Police have received new facial recognition vans in Greater Manchester, West Yorkshire, Bedfordshire, Surrey, Sussex, Thames Valley and Hampshire.

Surrey County Council has apologised after a safeguarding review found a series of missed opportunities to protect the 10-year-old.

Some 180,329 people had been waiting more than a year to start routine hospital treatment at the end of September.

Police and crime commissioners in England and Wales will be scrapped by the Government, it has been announced. The elected officials were first introduced in 2012 and their responsibilities include ...

Connections of Myretown are counting down the days until his planned return to action in the Coral Gold Cup. The eight-year-old made giant strides over fences last season, winning three of his five ...

Actors Ewan McGregor, James McAvoy and David Tennant will be among those attending this year’s Bafta Scotland awards, organisers have announced. Catherine McCormack, Armando Iannucci and Alan Cumming ...

The UK Government’s decision to strike down gender reforms in Scotland shows why the country needs independence, Alan Cumming has said, as he told Westminster to “get your boots off our necks”.

The Scottish actor has reflected on his career as he announces his inaugural season as artistic director of Pitlochry Festival Theatre.

A former councillor accused of stalking former Conservative Party leadership candidate Dame Penny Mordaunt has told a court his interest in her was “entirely political”.