When Val McDermid failed to publish a new novel last year, speculation was rife. Had the celebrated author been too busy ...

Spare a thought for Nicola Sturgeon. One minute she was in charge of a small country, trying to make it seem bigger by ...

Des and the teams are at the Edinburgh Festivals to break up the week's big news, including deputy first minister Kate Fobes’s announcement about stepping down at the next election, calls for Scotland ...

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Val McDermid, the gifted scribe under advisement, committed no crime when she born on 4 June 1955, allegedly in Kirkcaldy, the St Moritz of Fife.

Karen Pirie is back on our screens in the hit crime drama and Lauren Lyle has said there's potential for more seasons to come ...

Karen Pirie is back on ITV and has been given a major promotion - but will the crime drama return for a third season?

David Goodman's ingenious new take on espionage fiction has won the second annual McDermid Debut award at the world's most famous festival of crime writing ...

I’m delighted to be bringing Karen back to your screens, now a detective inspector with more power, more confidence, and some of the same iconic sweater vests,” smiles Kenny. “We have a dazzling cast, ...

Noel Edmonds, one of the UK’s best-known television presenters, has lashed out at ITV following the conclusion of his reality ...

​”Natalie and Jazmin are extraordinary. They bring a sense of craft, joy, and individuality to everything they do with the ...

NICOLA Sturgeon has opened up on her sexuality for the first time and reveals she doesn’t consider it to be binary. The ex-First Minister addressed the subject of her private life in the new ...