Some shoplifters “feel they can rob shops with impunity”, a policing chief has said. Katy Bourne, the national lead for shoplifting at the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners, said more ...

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Flight Lieutenant John Cruickshank was honoured for courage and dedication during an attack on a German submarine that left him seriously injured.

CALMAC crew members came to the rescue of a passenger who fell from an Arran ferry this afternoon (Saturday, Auguust 16). The male passenger ended up in the water after falling from the 1.35pm service ...

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 ...

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

North Ayrshire charity Impact Arts is inviting unemployed or economically struggling parents and caregivers in North Ayrshire to join ...

This incredible category B listed Georgian property in Ayr has just gone on the market for offers over £575,000.

Sir Keir Starmer spoke with Nato allies after US President Donald Trump’s summit with Vladimir Putin in Alaska.

Rescuers in north-west Pakistan have pulled 63 more bodies from homes flattened by flash floods and landslides, raising the death toll from rain-related incidents to at least 220, officials said.

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.

The order came after officials in the nation’s capital sued on Friday to block President Donald Trump’s takeover of the capital’s police.