Scots hotel guests and staff evacuated as inferno tears through building as flames burst from roof

welcomed the 15th prime minister of her 70-year reign. But in others, Her Majesty’s audience with Liz Truss, as she invited the incoming Prime Minister to form a new government, was a sign of changing times. For the first time, the Queen, 96, formally ushered in a new political era within the cosy confines of the green-carpeted drawing room at Balmoral, her Aberdeenshire estate, rather than at Buckingham Palace or Windsor Castle.

Liz Truss has promised an energy support package, tax cuts and more cash for the NHS in her maiden speech as Prime Minister.

In pictures that will delight Royal fans, The Queen was pictured smiling broadly on Tuesday as she met new Prime Minister Liz Truss at Balmoral. Wearing a grey cardigan and pleated tartan skirt, the monarch leant on a walking stick for support but was standing as she held an audience with the incoming prime minister and invited her to form a government.

Janey Godley has left her fans in stitches with her latest voiceovers of Boris Johnson and his new successor Liz Truss.

Queen Elizabeth II made history on Tuesday, both accepting the resignation of former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and appointing new Prime Minister Liz Truss at Balmoral Castle in Scotland. Truss is England's third female prime minister and the 15th prime minister to serve during the queen's 70-year reign. Breaking tradition, the 96-year-old reigning monarch chose to relocate the symbolic events due to her ongoing health and mobility issues.

Lewis Capaldi has taken to social media after a fan noticed a striking resemblance between him and new Prime Minister Liz Truss.

Liz Truss has been announced as the new Conservative Party leader and will take over from Boris Johnson as Prime Minister on Tuesday lunchtime.

Lorraine Kelly and her husband Steve Smith celebrate 30 years of marriage today and the Scots presenter shared a throwback wedding snap to mark the occasion.

Anas Sarwar has demanded that Liz Truss introduce an immediate freeze on energy prices and then call a general election. Speaking ahead of the announcement of Tory leadership contest between Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak, Sarwar urged the new Prime Minister to take immediate action on rising fuel bills.

Fire has taken told of a recycling centre on an industrial estate near Perth.

Nicola Sturgeon has accused Liz Truss of being prepared to “move the goalposts” on an independence referendum, amid reports that the new Prime Minister will consider changing the rules on how to run a future vote.

A Scots man has been reported missing from his home as police officers carry out "extensive searches" to trace him.

A Scots mum and her young son had a lucky escape after their car went up in flames just off the M8.

Two youths have been charged after a blaze at a derelict hotel in Fife.

An architect says it should be mandatory for sprinkler systems to be installed during conversions of historic buildings, including hotels, in the wake of the fatal Cameron House Hotel fire.

Exam appeals are set to be "severely delayed" when staff from the Scottish Qualification Authority (SQA) go on strike next month over pay.

A Scots diner has spoken out after restaurant staff included her in an email chain that discussed complaints she made. Rachael Avis visited The Garden Bistro at Saughton Park, Edinburgh with her parents and children on Monday, August 15.

Rishi Sunak is narrowly less unpopular than Liz Truss in Scotland, according to a new poll. Three in five Scots have an unfavourable opinion of each of the two candidates to be Prime Minister, with 60 per cent unfavourable towards Liz Truss and 59 per cent unfavourable towards Rishi Sunak.

A Conservative councillor in Falkirk says he is now backing Liz Truss to become the next Prime Minister because of her determination to "hold the Scottish Government to account".