The Employment Rights Bill has raised minimum wage for more than three million people, including 200,000 Scots, the fuel duty freeze has saved three million Scottish people money, £150 off energy ...

Irvine's radio station had a visit from royalty on Friday as the Marymass Queen elect and her four Marys dropped into the studio.

Some shoplifters “feel they can rob shops with impunity”, a policing chief has said. Katy Bourne, the national lead for shoplifting at the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners, said more ...

A NORTH Ayrshire man punched his mother four times in the head and threw an ashtray at her. Blair Watson, 25, appeared at Kilmarnock Sheriff Court for sentencing on Wednesday, August 13 after pleading ...

In the second part of his series on Ayrshire myths and legends, chief reporter Neil Smith looks at the claims of hauntings and massacres ...

North Ayrshire charity Impact Arts is inviting unemployed or economically struggling parents and caregivers in North Ayrshire to join ...

Pro-Palestine protesters chanted “RAF shame on you” as they held a demonstration outside an air base calling for an embargo on selling arms to Israel. Hundreds of demonstrators gathered along the ...

A man found dead in Co Down has been remembered at his funeral as a “kind and thoughtful” person who helped others. The body of Stephen Brannigan, 56, was found in a house in Marian Park in ...

Johnny Dean, who had won the 1999 competition, fell from close to the top of the 10 metre pole in 2000 as he attempted to grab the baked ham. He lay motionless for 10 minutes before being stretchered ...

Rescuers in north-west Pakistan have pulled 63 more bodies from homes flattened by flash floods and landslides, raising the death toll from rain-related incidents to at least 220, officials said.

The order came after officials in the nation’s capital sued on Friday to block President Donald Trump’s takeover of the capital’s police.

North Ayrshire Council is encouraging families to take up the offer of free school meals for secondary school pupils in S1, S2 and S3, if they ...