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The party leader said members could decide the best option is to ‘step back’ from taking a formal position in the event a referendum is called.

But the First Minister hit back, saying Labour only delivers ‘broken promises’ and defending the SNP’s record.

The Commons Education Committee has called for a number of improvements to the ‘rushed’ Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill.

Tyler Byrne, from Aldershot, Hampshire, was working on tracks for Network Rail in Surbiton in February 2021 when he was struck and killed by a train.

The girl was eating dinner with her family at a restaurant in Kingsland High Street on the evening of May 29 last year when she was injured.

A review heard concerning evidence from teachers about students asking how to choke girls during sex.

Paul Flowers, 74, preyed on an old friend to steal her money

There were 4,428 enforced returns in the second half of 2024, compared with 3,736 in the first six months.

The Scottish Government said it will take immediate action to boost the system while setting out longer-term changes.

The European Court of Human Rights was considering the case of a British woman who claimed she was raped by a group of Israeli men in 2019.

One commentator said the figures show many older people were concerned about not having enough money to get through the winter.

The Bangor woman went missing on February 27 2005 and is believed to have been murdered but her body has never been found.

Sandy Alexander, 69, died in September 2023 while fishing alone on the Lexi Rose in north Aberdeenshire.

The 55-year-old was jailed for 10 weeks for assault after punching a man in the street.

Children will be recruited to a trial with the agreement of their parents and NHS gender services.

The Culture Secretary said she will keep MPs informed on the findings of an internal BBC investigation.

John Kirtley, 27, was initially charged with violent disorder but police later upgraded that to the more serious offence of riot

The Oscar-winning American actor and his wife Betsy Arakawa, 64, were found dead in their Santa Fe home in New Mexico on Wednesday.

Police said the 49-year-old man died at the scene after being hit by a car in Irvine.

The lender made £80 million of annualised cost savings over the financial year.