Councillors have agreed to effectively ban sexual entertainment venues in South Ayrshire more than five years since first mooted.

A British couple in their 70s have been arrested by the Taliban in Afghanistan. Peter Reynolds, 79, and his wife Barbie, 75, were detained as they travelled to their home in the country’s Bamyan ...

Pope Francis remained in critical condition on Sunday and blood tests show early kidney failure but he remains alert, the Vatican said, as the 88-year-old pontiff battles pneumonia and a complex lung ...

No doctor will “escape accountability” for their disciplinary history, the General Medical Council (GMC) has told the Health Secretary after reports that those who changed gender could have their ...

A popular Troon rock festival has smashed its previous advance sales total with more than 400 tickets sold without naming a band.

The Prime Minister and French president used a phone call on Sunday afternoon to reiterate their support for Ukraine.

Centre-right opposition leader Friedrich Merz claimed victory in Germany’s national election on Sunday after exit polls showed his bloc in the lead. Mr Merz said he was aware of the dimension of the ...

Works are set to get under way on the façade of the Citadel Leisure Centre in Ayr as the next step of the facility's refurbishment kicks off.

Police have identified a van driver who fled the scene of a crash with a tram after a three-year-old girl died in Manchester city centre, it is understood. The collision occurred at 9.56am on Saturday ...

Israeli tanks have moved into the occupied West Bank for the first time since 2002, shortly after the defence minister said ...

Ukraine’s President told a forum in Kyiv, ‘If to achieve peace, you really need me to give up my post, I’m ready’.