NOMINATIONS are now open for the 2026 Robert Burns Humanitarian Award (RBHA). The award recognises those who dedicate themselves to helping others, particularly in times of crisis. The award is ...

A record half a million people have received a dementia diagnosis on the NHS, figures show. NHS figures published this week show 506,549 people have received a formal dementia diagnosis, compared with ...

A man who died after suffering serious head injuries in a “workplace accident” at a funfair has been named by police. Emergency services rushed to the Spanish City Summer Funfair in Whitley Bay in ...

South Ayrshire Council beat its target for participatory budgeting by more than £12 million, according to a new report.

This week, we take a look at the seven ghosts haunting Culzean Castle, a spectre-ridden former mental hospital and some spooky events in a famous pub ...

The sisters from war-torn Sudan are the latest known victims of a Mediterranean migration route that has claimed more than 30,000 lives since 2014.

Israeli airstrikes hit Yemen’s capital just days after Houthi rebels fired a missile toward Israel that its military ...

An Ayr business owner admits she is loving her new premises after moving and rebranding her affordable specialist occasion wear boutique.

Some of the biggest names in the music world have played in Ayrshire over the years - but has anyone ever topped the legendary Frank Sinatra?

The festival began early on Sunday with the J’ouvert celebration where people covered each other in paint, coloured powder and chocolate.

It is a rare opportunity to take a break away from a laptop screen, so when the invitation to review a spa treatment came through, it was ...

The Home Secretary wants to give a new adjudication panel the power to decide asylum appeals to speed up the process.