A fire at a restaurant in north-east London was like a “Halloween scene”, a local businessman has said, after CCTV footage appeared to show a man running out of the building with his clothing on fire.

The owners of the Seamill Hydro have applied for planning permission to extend their buildings to create a £7million "world-class" ...

POLICE are appealing for information following a serious assault in Beith. Between 7pm and 8pm on Thursday, August 21, a 28-year-old man was assaulted and had his car vandalised in a car park at ...

Protests against the use of asylum hotels and counter-demonstrations have taken place, with police trying to keep the groups apart.

An act which explores life as a trans woman has won the prestigious Best Comedy Show award at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Sam Nicoresti’s Baby Doomer show won the Taffner Family best comedy show ...

A FORMER marine from Stevenston has told how he survived a climb on Everest, despite running out of oxygen during the ascent. Tony Smith, 55, had to make his way through the 'death zone' on the ...

Jeremy Corbyn has said United Nations special rapporteur Francesca Albanese will contribute to the “Gaza tribunal” event which he is hosting. The former Labour leader, who is campaigning for a new ...

This beautiful four bedroom home in the Ayrshire hamlet of Cunninghamhead has just gone on the market for offers over £375,000.

UK temperatures could hit 30C over the bank holiday weekend before the remnants of Hurricane Erin bring wind and rain along with big waves to the coast. Warm and sunny spells are expected over the ...

THIS week, we take a look back at the Herald's stories and photos from August 2000. And there was plenty going on, including a firearms incident in an Ardrossan street. (Image: Newsquest) These lucky ...

US rockers Queens Of The Stone Age have got the crowd rocking as the first headliners of a seaside festival which has been hit by controversy over an onstage pro-Palestinian protest. Thousands of ...

The famine determination by the world’s leading authority on food crises galvanised governments and aid groups to intensify their pleas for Israel to halt its 22-month offensive on Gaza, prompted by ...