NOMINATIONS are now open for the 2026 Robert Burns Humanitarian Award (RBHA). The award recognises those who dedicate themselves to helping others, particularly in times of crisis. The award is ...

A man who died after suffering serious head injuries in a “workplace accident” at a funfair has been named by police. Emergency services rushed to the Spanish City Summer Funfair in Whitley Bay in ...

South Ayrshire Council beat its target for participatory budgeting by more than £12 million, according to a new report.

This week, we take a look at the seven ghosts haunting Culzean Castle, a spectre-ridden former mental hospital and some spooky events in a famous pub ...

The sisters from war-torn Sudan are the latest known victims of a Mediterranean migration route that has claimed more than 30,000 lives since 2014.

Some of the biggest names in the music world have played in Ayrshire over the years - but has anyone ever topped the legendary Frank Sinatra?

The festival began early on Sunday with the J’ouvert celebration where people covered each other in paint, coloured powder and chocolate.

The Home Secretary wants to give a new adjudication panel the power to decide asylum appeals to speed up the process.

At least one person was killed on Sunday in an explosion at a prominent retail building in central Moscow, emergency services said. The blast happened on the third floor of the Central Children’s ...

Sightings of great white sharks are on the rise in the waters off the north-east coast of the United States – an area where ...

The leader of Perth and Kinross Council said there had been ‘misinformation’ about new asylum hotels opening up.

Emergency services were called to Indian Aroma in Woodford Avenue, Gants Hill, Ilford, at about 9pm on Friday.