The New Year has ushered in a raft of financial changes that could hit your pocket. Energy bills have risen for millions of ...

The Scottish Labour conference this weekend will be the last call to save the party from electoral ignominy in 2026, argues ...

Although we always seem to hear about black cats the most, grey is a very common cat coat color. Grey is often called blue in ...

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For the briefest moment earlier this year, the Eurasian lynx — extinct in the U.K. for thousands of years — returned to the ...

Independent bookshops in Scotland have been named among the best in the whole of the UK after being listed as finalists for ...

A British government grant helping to conserve places of worship is open to listed buildings representing any faith, contrary ...

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LONDON — The Scottish government wants everyone to know it does not plan to ban cats. First Minister John Swinney was forced to issue the statement after a report by independent experts branded ...

that he is about to declare war on cat ownership. The moggie ban scare springs from one of the proposals in a report to the Scottish government by its independent animal welfare advisers.

Palmerston isn't the only British cat in a public-facing government role. Larry the Cat is the Chief Mouser at No. 10 Downing St., the residence and home office of Britain's prime minister.

Retirement isn't for everyone — just ask Palmerston the cat, who formerly served as chief mouser for the U.K.'s Foreign Commonwealth Office in London. After a few years enjoying a life of ...