A RECRUITMENT and induction scheme has seen nine locals complete fully funded work placements with NHS Ayrshire & Arran. In partnership with East, North and South Ayrshire Local Employability ...

Officers have arrested 13 people at a protest in Norwich in support of the proscribed terrorist group Palestine Action, Norfolk Police said. The force said a group assembled outside City Hall in St ...

The 50-square-metre piece on Bridlington beach in East Yorkshire, created by landscape artists from Sand In Your Eye and the charity’s youth ambassadors, is a portrait of a child with the words “Wish ...

A TEAROOM in a South Ayrshire village is to reopen following a community purchase. The Buck Tearoom in Straiton is set to welcome back customers from 10am on Monday, August 18.

The Britpop band featuring the Gallagher brothers will take to the stage at Croke Park – their first show in Ireland in 16 years.

Drivers have been warned that a common ‘friendly gesture’ to other motorists could land them in hot water and facing a £1,000 fine. An estimated 150,000 drivers are caught speeding each year in the UK ...

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 ...

Bournemouth’s Antoine Semenyo reported being racially abused by a spectator during the match against Liverpool.

The Smoking Goat in Ayr will host another of its popular quizzes based on the hit TV show on Thursday, August 28 at 8.30pm. This quiz will be a multimedia edition, with screens thrown in including ...

(Image: Newsquest) Heroic barman Neil Winstanley, 23, dived into the River Ayr to save a drowning boy in August 2005. Alerted by screams and splashing as he served drinks on the terrace of the ...

The biggest rail workers’ union is warning of cuts to the British Transport Police (BTP), saying they would “seriously endanger” the safety of railway staff.