UK

Why the world has gone wild for Scotland this year

Celebrities, influencers and US top brass join an influx of international tartan-mad tourists

Eighty years on, Britain’s war with Japan is largely forgotten

As we mark 80 years since the end of the second world war, we must not forget those affected by the conflict with Japan

KKR takes lead in Spectris bidding war

US private equity firm bids more than £4.8bn for the British-based high-tech instrument maker

Demonising migrants won’t fill jobs or boost falling populations

‘Stop the boats’ is a popular refrain but it obscures the real issues rich countries across the world are facing

More ‘adultescents’ at the polls gets my vote

There’s no reason to be scared of letting 16 and 17-year-olds participate in elections. They already choose my socks

Roll with it: chasing the big cheese

People have been chasing cheese down Cooper’s Hill for centuries, as captured here from this year’s fromage frenzy

In a tech race against crime, the scammers are streaking ahead

The police lack time, resources and support of a public fearful of violent crime. Should banks take more responsibility?

Wobbly growth, troubled trade and rising debt: UK plc is in a fix

The chancellor is searching for a brighter narrative – but the economy faces a string of difficulties

He says he swam all the way to Jersey – now he’s high and dry in jail

David Law is due for deportation for illegal entry to the island, but no one knows where to deport him to

Free speech for all! Except for Bob Vylan

The outrage over the band's chants shows how the meaning of incitement has been expanded

Streeting can't heal the whole NHS – he should focus on hospitals

Successive governments have reduced the number of hospital beds in the hope more care would shift elsewhere. But this has left us with a chronic shortage

The first day in office for Warwickshire's gen Z council leader

Rob Howard's resignation has left his teenage deputy in charge until a replacement is found

TSB unlikely to attract big banks desperate to grow

Banco Sabadell faces restricted playing field as it tries to sell its UK division

The culture of cover-ups has become the norm

From grooming gangs to the NHS, scandals show us that whistleblowers are the exception – and dysfunction and complicity are rife

Around the UK in 19 local dishes

From Bedfordshire’s chocolate toothpaste to Lancashire’s pie barm, join us on a tour of UK food traditions

How tough talk on defence will collide with fiscal reality

How far and how fast to increase defence spending is one of the most contentious questions to be resolved ahead of Wednesday’s spending review

The magic of wild camping on Dartmoor

Sebastian Hervas-Jones rejoices in his legal right to go wild camping on Dartmoor

Triple jeopardy: the betrayal of Afghanistan’s finest

Thousands of elite Afghan forces were blocked from settling in the UK. Some may have witnessed British war crimes. Veterans are asking if the two are connected