South Scotland MSP Sharon Dowey has challenged the SNP Government on its "soft-touch" approach to under-25s who commit serious crimes.

Officers were called to Otley Road at 2.47pm on Saturday and found three people with injuries, West Yorkshire Police said.

STAFF are now being sought for a new Home Bargains store set to open in Ayr this summer. Matalan moved out of the site last year and the prominent building on Parkhouse Street has been lying empty ...

An Israeli air strike has flattened a three-storey home in Gaza City, killing 10 people – half of them children – as Arab mediators scrambled to restart a ceasefire. Israeli strikes have killed at ...

A NATIONAL law firm has announced the takeover of an Ayr-based solicitors. Holmes Mackillop has acquired the private client and property business of D&J Dunlop, introducing a full-service law firm to ...

Rap trio Kneecap is in the process of securing a new sponsor for renewed US visas ahead of its sell-out October tour in North America.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and his family were in Rome for Pope Francis’s funeral on Saturday. A photo of Mr Assange and his family was shared on X along with a message from his wife Stella. The ...

Some areas reported overcrowding as the Netherlands enjoyed King’s Day ahead of Willem-Alexander’s 58th birthday.

TV presenter Gregg Wallace has called for him to have the “space to heal”, after revealing he thought about suicide at the height of the furore over misconduct allegations made against him.

Andrew paid millions to settle a civil sexual assault case with Virginia Giuffre, whom he said he had never met.

The person close to US mediator Steve Witkoff spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the closed-door talks.

Downing Street said the two leaders had discussed recent advances towards a peace deal in the Ukraine war when they met following the ...