Reviving the SNP fortunes is one thing – the current unpopularity of Labour and the Conservatives north of the Border means electoral ...

Jet fuel and sodium cyanide: How North Sea ship crash could have lethal consequences for wildlife The crash involving a cargo ship and oil tanker off the East Yorkshire coast is bad news for the sea, ...

Scotland made a considerable contribution to this, mostly obviously in the form of the boy band called the “tartan teen sensations from Edinburgh ... summer of 1976 that meant swimming in the North ...

Top UK oil and gas producers complained that there’s still little clarity on the government’s plans for taxes and permits for North Sea drilling, making investment decisions difficult.

One crew member still missing as firefighters battle burning container ship following collision in the North Sea.

McKewon dumped the jar’s contents – dredged up from the bottom of the North Sea – into an ash tray and threw in a lit match. The liquid burned. “That’s it,” his boss reportedly said. “That’s oil.” ...

A port official said he was told the North Sea collision produced "a massive fireball" and the cargo ship's owner said one ...

The fire on an oil tanker involved in the crash in the North Sea has finally gone out, several days after it collided with a container ship near the Humber Estuary. Crowley, the maritime company ...

The fire on an oil tanker involved in a crash on the North Sea has finally gone out as pictures show a gaping hole on the side of the vessel. US-registered Stena Immaculate was transporting fuel for ...

A Dubai-based engineering group has re-entered talks to buy John Wood Group, sparking a 40pc surge in the North Sea oil giant’s share price. The FTSE 250 business confirmed on Monday it had ...