The package for mayoral authorities is expected to include funding to extend the metros in Tyne and Wear, Greater Manchester and the West Midlands.

The Russell Group has set out a plan to improve the transparency and consistency of contextual offers to remove barriers for prospective students.

SNP leader John Swinney and the Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar are both expected to campaign in Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse on Wednesday.

Outbreaks such as foot and mouth or bird flu can have major impacts on farming, economic growth, public health and wildlife, the NAO says.

Award-winning novelist Bernardine Evaristo has been announced as the recipient of an outstanding contribution award from the Women’s Prize Trust. The one-off literary honour celebrates Evaristo’s body ...

National Galleries of Scotland found 49 of people in the UK feel they have easy access to cultural space, with the figure 64 north of the border.

A report by the Women and Equalities Committee said that ‘meaningful change requires both cultural and structural reform’.

An in-home foot scanner that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to recognise the warning signs of heart failure could help keep people with the condition out of hospital, according to researchers.

More than 100 men stormed Bayham Abbey, near Tunbridge Wells in Kent, with makeshift weapons, in protest at its closure as part of religious reforms.

On Tuesday, search teams were seen draining a well and clearing areas of dense vegetation near abandoned buildings in an area near Praia da Luz.