A water company says it has had “no choice” but to impose a hosepipe ban because of the warm weather and demands for drinking water.

A trade union has called a 48-hour strike at Glasgow Airport later this month. Around 75 staff at the travel hub, including engineers and managers, will walk out between 6am on July 24 and 6am on July ...

Yvette Cooper insisted the plan would ‘fundamentally undermine’ the people smugglers organising the crossings.