The carnival, Europe’s biggest street party and an annual extravaganza over the summer bank holiday weekend, helps celebrate Caribbean culture and history. The festival began early on Sunday with the ...

Fans of legendary rock bands Pink Floyd and Fleetwood Mac are in for a real treat next month when tribute band Them & Us head to Ayrshire.

New information from MyHeritage has revealed the 35 surnames that could mean you are related to the Royal Family. The genealogical research business shares that certain surnames have long been ...

This week, our Ayrshire Weekly Press titles have covered several cases from Ayr and Kilmarnock sheriff courts.

Sheila Burtles, 95, who has known the brothers for many years, has been leading support at the home. A former sensory analyst in the whisky industry, Ms Burtles worked with the brothers’ father ...

Tory leader Kemi Badenoch has criticised the “sore losers” pushing for Robert Jenrick to replace her. She also suggested some of her critics believed she only got into her position because of positive ...

Defence Secretary John Healey said the UK was ‘ramping up’ its support for Ukrainian forces, ahead of independence day celebrations in Kyiv.

The bands pulled out of the Victorious Festival in Portsmouth after The Mary Wallopers claimed they were ‘cut off’ for displaying a ...

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.

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 ...

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said a new appeals body would help speed up the system and reduce demand for hotels.

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