Coastguard stands down from surface search for vessel with two crew as police say their efforts will restart on Saturday A major rescue operation will resume on Saturday morning after a tugboat with two people on board capsized off Greenock in the west of Scotland, police said. Helensburgh RNLI lifeboat, […]

Candidate to replace Nicola Sturgeon also pledges to scrap gender recognition bill in campaign launch UK politics live – latest news updates Ash Regan, the third candidate competing to become the Scottish National party leader and first minister, has said she believes Scotland will be allowed its independence without a […]

Growers say they do not get paid enough by supermarkets, as supply of leeks also comes under threat Apples and pears could be the next food shortage in the UK, after it emerged that British growers are planting just a third of the number of trees needed to maintain orchards, […]

Thérèse Coffey’s championing of UK ‘specialisms’ causes one Labour MP to retort: ‘Let them eat turnips!’ The UK environment secretary, Thérèse Coffey, has caused a furore after she suggested people should “cherish” seasonal foods such as turnips as bad weather cleared supermarket shelves of tomatoes and other fresh produce. “It’s […]

Apparent disappearance of Phoenix Community Capital leaves some investors fearing they have lost large sums of money Phoenix Community Capital case shines light on UK’s lobbying problem A cryptocurrency investment firm with links to two all-party parliamentary groups (APPGs) appears to have disappeared, leaving some investors fearing they have lost […]