Former SNP chief executive Peter Murrell bought items like a £125k motorhome, expensive watches and a £4,000 fountain pen with the embezzled funds.

Ciaran Martin says Reform UK leader’s allegation over Guardian report on £5m gift ‘entirely unsubstantiated’

Murrell used the money to buy luxury goods, jewellery, cosmetics, cars and a motorhome over a 12-year period.

Despite the uncertainty triggered by the Iran war, Saudi officials noted over the weekend that more pilgrims had travelled from abroad to participate in this year’s hajj than in 2025.

Suspect sprays unidentified liquid at ATM on ground floor of Ginza Six shopping centre in central Tokyo

The two sides have remained at odds on difficult issues including Iran’s nuclear ambitions, Israel’s war in Lebanon with the Iranian-backed Hezbollah militia

‘Peter Murrell was stealing the hopes, the dreams and the aspirations of thousands of people all over Scotland,’ the First Minister said

Arab leaders were so stunned by Trump’s demand that they refused to respond, remaining entirely silent on the call.

Three people are in custody after the 30-year-old was found with serious injuries early on Monday.

The pontiff also warned of a “new digital slaveries” in his first encyclical since becoming Pope last year.

Tom Kopke, 24, pipped Guinness World Record holder Chris Anderson, 38, who came out of retirement, to claim his third consecutive Cooper’s Hill cheese-rolling title in Gloucestershire

US President Donald Trump, who turns 80 next month, is due for a medical and dental check-up as scrutiny of his fitness and recent health concerns continues to intensify

Declan Sawyer, 15, died after getting into difficulty in the water at Swanholme Lakes in Lincoln – his family have paid heartbreaking tributes to him

Uganda has confirmed two new Ebola cases, bringing its total to seven, all directly linked to the ongoing outbreak in the neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo.

An eight-year-old child was among three people injured after a car crashed into them before hitting a building at Cardiff Gate services off the M4 – emergency services are at the scene

Sunday was also the UK’s warmest May day for at least 79 years

The blaze forced the closure of Hackney Central station on Sunday night

Exclusive: Dan Eveson suffered broken bones and a torn muscle in the horror crash that injured more than 100 people – but assessors say he doesn’t meet the threshold for financial help

King Charles’s brother held the position between 2001 and 2011

Ministers are considering easing the financial pressure on families who lose money when their children leave education at the age of 16 or 17 to take up a role

Nigel Farage leader warned the Tesla boss will ‘split the right’ after he backed Rupert Lowe’s party

‘There is no scenario where Putin simply leaves. He can only be overthrown by force.’

King Charles must be deeply frustrated that positive stories are instantly overshadowed by further accusations against Andrew

The documents, set to be published when MPs return to Parliament after their half-term break, will reportedly show some ministers were ‘sucking up’ to Lord Mandelson.

No pope has ever publicly acknowledged the role of the Holy See played

The youngster was seriously assaulted on Sunday afternoon

There have been calls for a crackdown on the practice

Kerry Stevens, 40, has failed to appear at court on at least nine occasions and is currently the subject of four arrest warrants — but the alleged ‘dine and dash’ suspect has now fled the UK to France

Reform UK MP Danny Kruger has asserted that details concerning Nigel Farage’s finances were “illegally” acquired, following Farage’s claim that a Russian hack disclosed a £5 million donation.

The plan would reportedly see the Strait of Hormuz reopen and the U.S. lift its blockade on Iranian ports – but senior GOP figures have warned it could be a “disaster”

Experts are warning of the risks of so-called wellness rituals after the death of a British man who took part in a ‘detox’ treatment using poisonous frog skin.

Marco Rubio says the US will either have a good agreement with Iran or deal with the country ‘another way’

It is expected that after any deal, a period of one to two months of negotiations on Iran’s nuclear programme will follow

The estranged husband of Former SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon pleaded guilty

Thousands of people brave high temperatures to watch the annual event on Cooper’s Hill.

Members of the Greens have conceded that Makerfield is not a seat they can win

Kyran Durnin was six years old when he was last seen alive – now authorities say a woman in her 50s has been arrested after police upgraded the missing person case to a murder investigation

Ministers are considering bursaries for families with 16 and 17-year-olds to offset a drop in welfare payments, sometimes hundreds of pounds a week, that kick in when they start work.

Police say a man sprayed a substance at an ATM in the luxury Ginza 6 shopping centre.

The former prince received a boost to his taxpayer-funded expenses after he commissioned his own review into his role as trade envoy

An arrest warrant has been issued for British man Harry Saunders, accused of manslaughter following the death of a bouncer at Elliott Wright’s Costa del Sol restaurant Olivia’s La Cala

The divorced dad of two young boys who were allegedly abandoned in the woods by his ex-wife has said he believes it is a ‘matter of days’ before he sees his children again

An eight-year-old child and a 39-year-old man have been hospitalised along with a 76-year-old woman who was the driver of the vehicle, police have said

Unrest between crowds trying to reclaim the bodies of suspected Ebola cases and authorities have continued.

Police trawled the Glencoe area this weekend in the hunt for Timothy Rosser, 60, after he was reported missing earlier in the week. A body was eventually found at around 6.50pm on Sunday.

Pope Leo XIV issued his first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, on Monday, calling for robust regulation of artificial intelligence (AI) to ensure it serves the common good rather than profit and to safeguard humanity from its impacts on work and warfare.

The group, known as Black Spark, claims it is building a clandestine anti-regime network inside Russia made up of ‘middle-class’ professionals.

Certain documents connected to Lord Mandelson’s appointment remain “withheld” from parliamentarians

A woman reported being punched and raped in Wellington, Somerset, in the early hours of May 22 – a man in his 20s has since been arrested 150 miles away in Sussex

Andreea Micu, a 17-year-old singer has died after suffering a stroke moments before a performance at a festival in Bisoca, Romania – heartbroken family said she had so many dreams