Transport minister Mike Kane said the Government wants to ‘maximise the benefits of future flight technologies including flying taxis’.

The banking giant is now set to become fully private almost 17 years after receiving a state bailout during the 2008 financial crisis.

The announcement comes in the same week that the number of people crossing the Channel in small boats passed 12,000 for the year.

The US president had pressed for the Russian and Ukrainian leaders to meet in the Turkish capital on Thursday.

The Amazon rainforest may be able to survive long-term drought caused by climate change but could experience “profound changes” including the death of large trees and a diminished ability to absorb ...

The Gambling Commission said the firm did not appropriately engage with a customer who hit a daily deposit limit of £3,340 12 times in 14 days.

A MAN responsible for building works faces charges of allegedly destroying bat habitats in Ayrshire. Douglas George Livingston is alleged to have destroyed and disturbed areas of the protected bat ...

The NHS waiting list for hospital treatment in England has risen for the first time in seven months. New figures show an estimated 7.42 million treatments were waiting to be carried out at the end of ...

MV Glen Sannox was one of the first responders to an emergency callout near Irvine last night. The Coastguard was alerted to a seven-metre-long vessel "taking on water" shortly before 6pm on Wednesday ...

ITV is bracing for a double-digit plunge in advertising revenues after last year was boosted by the Euros football tournament, but said it does not expect its production arm to be hit by US President ...

A man allegedly neglected dogs causing them suffering over months in Girvan and failed to provide a clean environment.

The US president sanctioned the court after a panel of ICC judges issued arrest warrants for Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu in November.