President Donald Trump said on Monday that he is placing the Washington DC police department under federal control and deploying the National Guard to make the nation’s capital safer.

Dennis ‘Tink’ Bell, 25, died after falling down a crevasse on a glacier at Admiralty Bay on King George Island on July 26 1959.

PEAK rail fares are to be permanently scrapped across Scotland in a few weeks. ScotRail confirmed the higher cost of travel would be dropped from September 1, boasting it was a first for rail travel ...

The now-suspended councillor had been told by the Labour Party to stay away from the protest, but turned up anyway, jurors heard.

Here is all to know about Japanese anemones, which can be invasive and is said to be "very difficult to eradicate".

Fire crews are in attendance at a blaze on a landmark hill in Edinburgh. Smoke can be seen billowing into the sky from the ongoing fire at Arthur’s Seat, an extinct volcano and beauty spot to the ...

The number of Ayrshire shops where illegal cigarettes, tobacco and vape products were seized in the past three years has been revealed.

AN amazing line-up of authors, TV stars, celebrities and even a former First Minister has been unveiled for North Ayrshire's 2025 Tidelines Book Festival. Set as always in Irvine, the festival will ...

DREGHORN Musical Society is about to start its new season - and will be delighted to welcome new recruits. The society is an amateur choir, firmly rooted in the local community since forming in 1992 ...

A MAN and woman who carried out a brutal assault at Irvine Railway Station have been sentenced. Bethany Bowers and Dylan Ferguson appeared at Kilmarnock Sheriff Court this week for sentencing ...

This week, our Ayrshire Weekly Press titles have covered several cases from Ayr and Kilmarnock sheriff courts.

The fire is burning just south of Lake Piru, a reservoir in the Los Padres National Forest. It is close by Lake Castaic, a ...