First-time buyers said they were able to buy in their preferred location and put their own stamp on their property, Nationwide Building Society said.

Scotland has elected its first two transgender MSPs to the Holyrood parliament. Dr Q Manivannan and Iris Duane both secured regional list seats for the Scottish Green Party.

Reform UK’s Scottish leader has said his party is “behind the curve” north of the border, as he branded opponents “disrespectful” for not staying until the end of an election count.

With all but seven seats declared, the SNP had 57 MSPs, with Labour in second on 17, narrowly ahead of Reform UK on 15.

This was the fifth election campaign he fought as party leader and despite the lack of an overall majority, it is still his most successful.

The US president said the ceasefire includes a suspension of all kinetic activity and the exchange of 1,000 prisoners by each country.

He was voted into the Scottish Parliament in the first ever devolved elections back in 1999 – and had retained his seat since ...