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The European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) is “no longer fit for purpose”, the Scottish Conversative leader said. Speaking on the Sunday Show on BBC Radio Scotland, Tory leader Russell Findlay ...

Every Conservative candidate must sign up to leaving the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) or face being barred from standing at the next election, Kemi Badenoch has said. Mrs Badenoch kicked ...

Labour needs to ‘tell a much stronger story’ about the purpose of this Government, the deputy leadership hopeful said.

A grandnephew of one of the 1916 Rising leaders says a near-fatal swimming pool accident changed the course of his life.

Local MP Chris Ward said he was ‘appalled’ by the incident and said it was ‘purely chance’ that no-one was injured.

YOUNGSTERS at Haddington’s secondary school have been praised for their hard work. A number of senior Knox Academy pupils attended the meeting of Haddington and District Community Council last month.

In the southern city of Zaporizhzhia, a night-time aerial assault killed a civilian woman and wounded nine other people including a 16-year-old girl, regional governor Ivan Fedorov reported.

CONCERNS about a “prowler” in the back gardens of houses in Haddington have been passed on to police. A resident got in contact with the Courier to highlight what was seen in the back gardens of ...

Christopher Cash and Christopher Berry had denied the allegations, with the Official Secrets Act case dropped last month.

The attack on the Manchester synagogue raises deep questions about community relations in the UK, Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said. She warned that there were “malign and dark forces running amok ...

Charles held a final courtesy goodbye audience with his ex-valet who quit over an alleged cash-for-honours scandal.