Avant-garde Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, known for her distinctive vibrant polka dot creations, has died at the age of 97.

The retailer said the ‘heightened seasonal demand’ had delivered extra profits in the ‘mid-single digit millions of pounds’.

Investigators appointed by Pakistan’s prime minister are visiting the hospital nursery in Islamabad where a fire killed 14 newborns. The move comes as grieving families and the public seek answers ...

More deliberate fires have been recorded in Ballochmyle and Cumnock and New Cumnock than anywhere else in East Ayrshire.

Reports of sexual assaults increased across East Ayrshire during the first quarter of 2026/27 despite an overall reduction in recorded sexual crime.

A CUMNOCK shop which has been part of the town centre for decades is heading to auction next month. The former Mary's Fabric Shop on the corner of Townhead Street and Glaisnock Street officially ...

Fourteen babies have died after a fire erupted at a nursery for newborns in a major government hospital in Pakistan’s capital ...

A VACANT old shop in New Cumnock has been destroyed by a fire this week. Fire crews were called to the blaze on Lime Road on Tuesday afternoon (August 18), before spending almost five hours ensuring ...

Flooding has hit part of the West Midlands as thunderstorms are forecast across large parts of England and Wales. Two yellow ...

Rescuers are searching for dozens of British nationals who are among those missing and feared dead in Nepal after devastating flash floods killed more than 150 people. Nepal Police said on Wednesday ...

The company reported net income of 59.69 billion US dollars (£43.9 billion), or 2.46 dollars (£1.80) per share, for the ...

A seven-year-old girl and her aunt died in a house fire less than a mile from the site of a crash on the A66 which killed ...