The cable provides power to the overhead line equipment, which in turn powers electric trains across the tracks.

NORTH Ayrshire Council finance chief Christina Larsen admits the local authority could be hit by a £6.5million increase in employer National Insurance contributions. But she is hopeful the Scottish ...

The UK has called for an independent investigation into the downing of an Azerbaijani plane thought to have been caused by a Russian missile. President Vladimir Putin apologised “for the fact that the ...

The display took place over Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbour after the city was gifted two more giant pandas by Beijing.

The First Minister donned his running shoes in aid of a charity that helps those with a serious neurodegenerative condition. On Friday at 11am, John Swinney met with representatives from the My Name’5 ...

An objection has been made to Audit Scotland in relation to the use of £2,400 of funds from the Largs seafront car park expenditure which ...

In letters sent last week, Sir Keir Starmer, Chancellor Rachel Reeves and Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds said they wanted to see “concrete proposals” from regulators setting out how they could ...

Manmohan Singh, the former Indian prime minister widely regarded as the architect of the country’s economic reform programme, ...

Earlier this month, senior defence officials acknowledged that the US Defence Department may not be able to send all of the ...

From the death of former taoiseach John Bruton, to the unexpected resignation of Leo Varadkar as premier, the year has been dominated by politics.

The identity of the winner or winners was not immediately known but the California Lottery said the ticket was sold at Circle K (Sunshine Food and Gas) in Cottonwood, a town 160 miles north of the ...

A murder investigation has been launched after a stabbing victim died in north-west London. Officers were called to reports of an attack in Linacre Road, Willesden Green, at around 4.16am on Saturday.