Historian Alistair Moffat and the co-founders of the Linda Norgrove Foundation were also honoured at an investiture ceremony in Edinburgh.

We have received reports of a crash on the M4 Westbound, from Membury Services to Junction 15 A419 Marlborough Road (Swindon East).

But US representatives Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie were blocked from intervening in Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex trafficking case.

Olivia Dean and Lola Young are the most nominated acts for year’s Brit Awards ceremony with five each. Britpop band Pulp have scored their first nomination in 30 years, in the best group category.

The Scottish Government has announced £100,000 in funding in this financial year for a bridge in Moray which collapsed last month. Experts said the 19th century Spey Viaduct, near Elgin, had collapsed ...

Fire services have issued a warning to Wiltshire drivers, after attending two incidents involving stuck vehicles.