East Ayrshire Council has agreed a new three-year development which will focus on the likes of young people, local communities and older adults.

An extended Cumnock Tryst festival drew to a close last weekend - and we've collated some of our favourite photos from the 10th anniversary event.

Neglect by NHS staff contributed to the death of a 13-year-old girl in “unbearable” pain from sepsis in hospital, a coroner has concluded. At an inquest which concluded at Northampton Coroner’s Court ...

Virginia McCullough was sentenced on Friday at Chelmsford Crown Court to life with a minimum term of 36 years.

Virginia McCullough, 36, was jailed for life with a minimum term of 36 years at Chelmsford Crown Court on Friday for murdering her mother and father.

A driver who hit a 12-year-old boy as he ran across a motorway has been cleared of dangerous driving. Prosecutors accepted that Shahid Ilyas, 48, was not responsible for the death of Callum Rycroft, ...

Catrine Primary School has been fitted with a new defibrillator machine this week, thanks to the efforts of a community legend.

An Israeli airstrike killed two Lebanese soldiers and wounded three other troops on Friday, Lebanon’s military said, an incident that entangles the country’s official army in the escalating conflict ...

Joey Barton has been accused of ‘undermining’ his libel settlement with Jeremy Vine at the High Court with a new social media post.

The Russian president attended a summit with the leaders of countries including Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.

Elisha Fizul called the 24-year-old on WhatsApp 10 minutes before he was killed by Martyn Blake during a police stop in Streatham, south London.