Blaming the British for the destruction helped persuade some wavering colonists to back the fight for independence. But the ...

A FORMER garage boss who raked in £120,000 every six weeks from his cocaine sideline told an underworld associate he wasn’t trying to be ‘a gangster’. Kristopher Kinnaird used an encrypted Encrochat ...

One of the UK's oldest record shops that counted Beatles legend John Lennon and celebrated football manager Bill Shankly among its customers has been honoured with a blue plaque. The Musical Box in ...

Police Scotland has warned it could not afford to enforce a crackdown on Scots paying for sex if MSPs were to vote in favour of criminalisation. The national constabulary said it had "not previously ...

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The Duke of Kent has carried out his first royal engagement since the death of his wife, the Duchess of Kent. According to the Court Circular, Edward, who turns 90 on Thursday, attended a concert in ...

Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes has insisted the defence sector is “fundamental” to Scotland’s economy as she pledged “constructive dialogue” with the industry. Her commitment came after the UK’s ...

Police Scotland have backed plans by a former SNP Minister to criminalise buying sex. The single force supports a clampdown on “exploitation” and has also thrown its weight behind proposals to ...

Mr Albanese, a staunch republican, has also ruled out a referendum on the issue of Australia becoming a republic saying that “I have no intention of holding any referendums’’ and describing the ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Hundreds of service personnel from HMS Raleigh marched through the streets of Torpoint to exercise the base's right to freedom of the town. This right was granted on December 11, 1996, and is now a ...