Consent for helping asylum seekers restart their lives in the UK will fall apart if the Government does not do more to tackle illegal migration, Shabana Mahmood has said. The Home Secretary also ...

AYRSHIRE health bosses have admitted that the coming year "will bring challenges" - after a stark warning from Scotland's Auditor General highlighted a bleak financial forecast. NHS Ayrshire and Arran ...

The UK has recorded its coldest night since March as a cold snap is set to follow flooding from Storm Claudia. Temperatures dropped to minus 7C in Tulloch Bridge in the Highlands on Saturday night, ...

Ayrshire-based Buzzworks Holdings, which operates 22 venues across Scotland including in Troon, Prestwick, Kilwinning and Largs, has been ranked 29th on the UK’s Best Large Company to Work For list, ...

Several people have died and others injured in a two-car crash in Co Louth. The crash happened on the L3168 in the townland of Gibstown in Dundalk shortly after 9pm on Saturday. Gardai said there were ...

AYRSHIRE College has been praised for its role in developing a skilled workforce. The college was commended during a recent visit by Ben Macpherson MSP, Scotland’s minister for higher and further ...

Stewarton Post Office is to re-open on Wednesday, February 4 at Lifestyle Express on High Street. This will restore service to the community after the closure of Morrisons Daily on Lainshaw Street in ...

British households have waited longer than ever to turn up their thermostats this year, with an unusually mild start to the cold season keeping the heating off well into November. Now, British Gas is ...

Shabana Mahmood will lay out a series of reforms to the asylum system in the House of Commons on Monday aimed at making Britain a less attractive destination for illegal migrants, ...

SNP Westminster deputy leader Pete Wishart highlighted issues such as pensioner winter fuel payments and the two-child benefit cap.

Several members of the public raised the alarm after noticing the man in difficulty around 100 metres off Holborn Head near Scrabster in Caithness.

Freezing temperatures and the chance of snow are possible as a cold snap is set to follow flooding from Storm Claudia in parts of the UK, forecasters said. A major incident was declared in Monmouth, ...