The secret conclave meeting – steeped in tradition and mystery – had only just begun some 24 hours before white smoke appeared.

IT was a historic day as school children made the initial crossing over the first-ever opening road bridge on the River Clyde.

Agriculture is a key part of a new trade deal struck between the UK and US, announced on Thursday by Sir Keir Starmer and Donald Trump, with tariffs reduced on US products including beef and ethanol ...

Scotland’s Deputy First Minister said it was ‘disappointing’ that devolved governments had not been told the agreement was imminent.

Sir Lindsay Hoyle has berated a minister saying “we don’t do business like this” after the Government suggested a statement on the UK-US trade deal should be delayed. The Speaker of the House of ...