It is not for the First Minister to tell artists what to create, John Swinney has said. He addressed invited guests at the headquarters of the Edinburgh International Festival as the capital’s ...

Gus Atkinson made an instant impact on his England return but the first day of the Rothesay Series decider against India was blighted by rain. Atkinson injured his hamstring against Zimbabwe in May ...

Max Verstappen has confirmed for the first time that he will stay with Red Bull – after George Russell admitted he is on the brink of a new Mercedes contract. Verstappen’s break clause from his Red ...

Ella Toone has revealed her grandmother died on the morning of England’s Euro 2025 final victory over Spain. The 25-year-old played the opening 87 minutes of Sunday’s match in Basel as the Lionesses ...

Conor McGregor has lost his appeal of a civil jury’s finding in favour of Dublin woman Nikita Hand, who had accused him of rape. The MMA fighter lost his appeal on all five grounds that the case was ...

Sports broadcaster Gabby Logan cheered on her daughter Lois as the showjumper made her debut at Goodwood on Thursday. Lois’s father, former Scotland rugby union player Kenny Logan, was also in the ...

Two brothers accused of assaulting a police officer at Manchester Airport will face a retrial in April next year. Mohammed Fahir Amaaz, 20, was found guilty on Wednesday of assaulting a member of the ...

A loyalist plot to paint the Miami Showband as transporting explosives would have impacted Irish people across the world, a survivor of the atrocity has said. Stephen Travers said he is not only ...

A high-profile conspiracy theorist claims her daughter’s death was caused by gross negligence manslaughter from medical staff, an inquest heard. Paloma Shemirani, 23, collapsed on July 19 last year ...