A underground iron-ore mine is threatening to swallow the town, meaning the church and the rest of Kiruna must be relocated ...

Work coming to an end for National Secure Adolescent Inpatient Service being built at Central Hospital in Irvine ...

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The Office for National Statistics has delayed the publication of its latest monthly retail statistics to allow for “further quality assurance”. It is the latest in a string of setbacks regarding data ...

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 ...

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% ...

A second 21-year-old has admitted robbing a woman of a BMW which later crashed into a care home in Sunderland while being pursued by police. Two elderly residents at Highcliffe Care Home, Witherwack, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...