“Income tax in Scotland is the responsibility of the Scottish Government, and actually the only person that’s been campaigning loudly for the last two years for a rise in income tax in England and ...

Environment Minister Andrew Muir has said Northern Ireland should have its own environmental protection agency.

The football star, 50, was honoured for his services to sport and charity in a ceremony at Windsor Castle on Tuesday.

AN innovative library project in South Ayrshire has been honoured with a national award. The Girvan Lend and Mend project won a 2025 Excellence Award from the Scottish Library and Information Council ...

Typhoon Kalmaegi has left at least 26 people dead in the Philippines, mostly in flooding set off by the storm, which barrelled across the central part of the country on Tuesday, disaster response ...

One in 10 children in the first year of primary school in England is obese – the highest figure on record outside the pandemic, figures show.

The 11-carriage train came off the tracks on the West Coast Main Line near Shap, Cumbria, at about 6.15am on Monday.

THOUSANDS of people had a blast on Troon's South Beach for the town's annual fireworks display. The annual community display lit up the night sky and provided hours of fun on its return on Saturday, ...

Ukrainian long-range drones have attacked an industrial plant around 800 miles inside Russia. The attack came as Ukraine’s army remained locked in an intense battle to hold back a Russian push on the ...

A TALENTED chef has opened his first café in Ayr named after his beloved daughter. Husband and wife team Anthony and Jodie Ramage opened Wee Charli's on Northfield Avenue last month, operating as a ...

The hard-charging conservative became one of the most powerful and polarising vice presidents and a leading advocate for the invasion of Iraq.

“Predatory and controlling” former police officer David Carrick sexually abused a girl and a woman in a “pattern” of offending spanning many years, a court has heard. Carrick, 50, is accused of ...