Everyone who arrives in the UK on a small boat where a child has died should face prosecution, the Home Secretary has said. Yvette Cooper told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme it was “totally appalling” ...

A HEARTH tax for the Channelkirk parish in Berwickshire from 1694 has been uncovered in the National Records of Scotland. The tax rolls, which list the names of thousands of domestic servants in the ...

In her announcement of a new political party, Ms Sultana accused the Labour Government of failing to improve people’s lives, and claimed it “wants to make disabled people suffer” in reference to ...

More banking services could be offered at post offices to help the network become more viable, says a former Peeblesshire postmaster.