The Sentencing Council has refused a request from the Lord Chancellor to change guidance that prompted a row over “two-tier justice”.

Thailand’s defence minister said three people are confirmed dead and 90 are missing at the site where a high-rise building under construction collapsed in a powerful earthquake.

Sir Keir Starmer’s director of communications is set to quit Downing Street after nine months in the job. Matthew Doyle, who served as Sir Keir’s communications chief in opposition, is understood to ...

A major scheme of resurfacing on the A78 are set to begin next month - including work on the Pennyburn Roundabout.

The local council leader said the Carabao Cup winners’ party will be one of the biggest events the city has seen.

The demonstrations began last week following the arrest of Istanbul’s opposition Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, a key rival to President Recep ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has proposed putting Ukraine under external governance under the UN as part of efforts to ...

The BBC has dropped plans to put advertisements on some audio content outside of the corporation’s platforms. The broadcaster was looking at generating sales in the UK through having hosting websites ...

NHS Ayrshire & Arran is expected to post a record deficit of more than £50million in 2024/25. But the service’s finances are in a better position than might have been imagined halfway through the ...

The Ministry of Defence is investigating after a cache of documents containing sensitive military information was found discarded in the street. The papers, some marked “official – sensitive”, were ...

A container ship which collided with a US tanker in the North Sea, leading to its captain being charged with gross negligence manslaughter, has arrived in Aberdeen. Portuguese vessel Solong was towed ...

WORRIED parents gathered outside Cunninghame House on Wednesday to protest North Ayrshire Council’s plans to axe "life-saving" school crossing patrols. The rally was in response to the February 26 ...