The Scottish Government’s devolved version of the winter fuel payment will match the value of the UK benefit, John Swinney has announced. Chancellor Rachel Reeves confirmed last week that the payment ...

The search for a person who fell overboard from a ferry in the Firth of Clyde has been suspended, the coastguard said. A major search was launched after the alarm was raised on Sunday afternoon, with ...

The latest arrests include a man, aged in his 20s, who has been detained in relation to an arson attack on Larne Leisure Centre.

Research indicates that almost 800 babies were buried in a sewerage system at the St Mary’s home in Tuam, Co Galway between 1925 and 1961.

A sheriff has noted former Scotland rugby union captain Stuart Hogg’s “complete compliance” with a community payback order, as he said no further review would take place.

A MAN has been arrested after a woman in her 90s died in a crash on Sunday afternoon (June 15). Police are appealing for witnesses after the fatal collision on the A442, near Quatt, Bridgnorth. The ...

Michaela Boor, 30, died in March 2018 after she was hit by the bricks that fell from a tower crane as she walked along a pavement in Bethnal Green.

Air India said the New Delhi-bound plane landed in Hong Kong safely and was undergoing checks ‘as a matter of abundant precaution’.

The world is “on the brink” of extraordinary destabilisation in the Middle East, Ireland’s deputy premier has said. It comes as the EU Foreign Affairs Council has called an emergency meeting to ...

Cole Cooper’s body was found in a wooded area of Banknock, Falkirk, with police treating his death as unexplained.

A road in Lye is set to close later this month for work to improve the carriageway. Hayes Lane will close from Saltbrook Road to Enterprise Drive on Monday June 23 from 9.30am till 3.30pm. A ...

FIREFIGHTERS rushed to the scene of at and industrial site in Brierley Hill on Monday morning (June 16). The fire involved scrap waste and tyres at a site off Brick Kiln Street. Three fire engines ...