TAXPAYERS will probably have to increase their stake in shared-equity schemes to help first-time buyers to get on the property ladder, according to the politician in charge of planning policy.

Russia and Ukraine traded aerial attacks overnight resulting in two deaths in each country, according to officials. Ukraine’s southern Dnipro and north-eastern Sumy regions came under combined rocket ...

A major security operation surrounded US President Donald Trump as he played golf at the start of a five day long private visit to Scotland. The president headed to his Trump Turnberry resort – which ...

Ten protestors have been arrested at the end of a demonstration which saw them suspend themselves from a bridge in a bid to halt a tanker carrying fracked gas. The Forth Road Bridge outside of ...

Traffic jams are continuing as holidaymakers and freight lorries descend on the Port of Dover. Vehicles are moving slowly through Dover and down Jubilee Way towards the port in Kent. The Port of Dover ...

A major security operation is under way on the first full day of US President Donald Trump’s visit to Scotland. The President is expected to take to the greens on the golf course at the Trump ...

England and Spain will do battle in a second consecutive major final at the European Women’s Championship on Sunday. Spain got the better of Sarina Wiegman’s side in the World Cup decider two years ...

The son of an artist who was murdered in a random attack as she walked her dog has said “nothing has actually been done” to tackle violence against women. Claire Knights, 54, from Upstreet near ...

NHS England has said hospitals are aiming to reschedule appointments cancelled due to strikes within two weeks, but warned of knock-on impacts for other patients. Professor Meghana Pandit, NHS England ...

Greenpeace has said its activists were arrested by police after ending a protest where they suspended themselves from a bridge in order to halt a tanker carrying fracked gas. The Forth Road Bridge ...

Eddie Howe has revealed no contract talks have been held with Alexander Isak but hopes to keep the striker at Newcastle. Isak has been at the centre of transfer speculation over the summer window and ...

The biggest railway workers union is calling for action to tackle claims of escalating violence on busy train routes. The Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) said there had been a “serious ...