Rebecca Young, from Glasgow, designed a solar-powered backpack with an electric blanket inside to help homeless people.

The piece, titled BUTCHERED, was conceived specially for the protest on the Skiff platform, 45 nautical miles off the Norfolk ...

Labour has promised to end no-fault evictions under its Renters’ Rights Bill, which is in the final stages of going through Parliament.

Weather warnings have been issued for thunderstorms across parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland as the fourth heatwave of the summer continues. The Met Office has issued a yellow thunderstorm ...

Former world snooker champion Graeme Dott is to stand trial next year over allegations of child sex abuse. Dott, 48, is accused of two charges relating to primary school-age children. The allegations ...

A dairy farm on the outskirts of Mauchline says that jobs are now at risk following a decision by East Ayrshire Council to end a school partnership.

“It falls within the framework of the extremist Israeli government’s plans to undermine any possibility of establishing a Palestinian state on the ground, to fragment the West Bank, and to separate ...

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is calling on employers across East Ayrshire to take advantage of a wide range of recruitment support available through local jobcentres.

Bushra Khalidi, an aid official with Oxfam in Gaza, said: “Oxfam has over 2.5 million dollars worth of goods that have been rejected from entering Gaza by Israel, especially WASH (water, sanitation ...

Boys have outperformed girls in top A-level grades for the first time in seven years, exam results show. Overall, 28.4% of boys’ A-level entries scored an A* or A this summer, compared to 28.2% of ...

The US president has said he will prioritise trying to achieve a ceasefire in Ukraine when he meets with Mr Putin on Friday in Alaska.

Growth in the UK economy slowed in the second quarter of this year amid pressure from tariff uncertainty and tax increases, new official figures show. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said ...