A shamed Fife councillor who was convicted of sexually abusing a 15-year-old girl has been sentenced to 27 months in jail. David Graham, 43, was convicted of one charge of having sex with a child aged ...

Construction firms continue to come under the most pressure, with 3,984 insolvencies in the 12 months to July – making up 17% of all cases. This is followed by wholesale and retailers, who made up 16% ...

Hurricane Erin is set to move across the Atlantic, bringing wind and rain to the UK. The major category 3 hurricane is currently north-east of the Bahamas where it has come down from 140mph to 120mph ...

Taxi driver who stopped on zig zags and sounded his horn while wearing a Rangers strip has his application refused ...

A PORTENCROSS woman has been given the green light to set up a short-term let in the North Ayrshire hamlet. Audrey Kolon appeared before the North Ayrshire Licensing Committee with the proposal to ...

AUCHENHARVIE Figure Skating Club recently hosted a successful ice skating competition with more than 40 local young people taking part. The event celebrated members of the learn to skate class who ...

The figure is down from July’s 5.2 – which represented a rise from inflation of 4.7 a month earlier and marked the highest level since ...

A KILWINNING garden centre will offer schools up to £200 in gardening supplies prizes. Sunnyside Kilwinning will provide the prizes to schools if one of their students wins a category in this year's ...

DALRY football star Ben Doak has signed for Premier League side Bournemouth in a deal which could reach up to £25 million. The 19-year-old attacker was officially unveiled by the Dorset club yesterday ...

The community-led research, carried out at Ardrossan Castle by the Ardrossan Castle Heritage Society in partnership with researchers from the University of the West of Scotland (UWS), explored the use ...

She was attacked while sleeping on a Qatar Airways flight from Doha, Qatar to Gatwick, West Sussex in September last year.

A “Checkpoint Charlie” situation has been created near London bridges by councils making contrasting decisions on licensing electric bikes, a comedian said. Irish stand-up Dara O Briain complained ...