Children accounted for more than 40 per cent of people living in temporary accommodation in East Ayrshire last year, new figures have revealed.

The death toll in the catastrophic flooding in Nepal and Tibet climbed past 900 on Monday, with more than 4,700 missing. Brigadier General Raja Ram Basnet, Nepal’s army spokesman, said authorities ...

At least eight people have died after a ferry carrying nearly 270 passengers and crew capsized off the coast of northern Cyprus on Sunday, Turkish media reported. Some 237 people have been rescued, ...

Police have launched an appeal for information following a three-vehicle crash on the A76 at Mauchline which left a man critically injured.

In a statement on Sunday night, Dame Priti said returning to the back benches would also give her “greater freedom to stand up” for her Witham and Essex constituency in the Co ...

Bank holiday Monday will see a mix of sunny spells and showers that could become heavier with thunder, the Met Office said.

The annual west London carnival, which takes place across two main days, is Europe’s biggest street party and is celebrating ...

The annual west London carnival is Europe’s biggest street party and is billed by organisers as ‘the greatest community-led ...

In Dhading, one of the worst-hit regions in Nepal, some residents began returning to ruined homes to see what could be salvaged. Residents sat in homes with walls washed away by the floods, shovelling ...

A man suspected of fatally stabbing a 31-year-old British woman with a knife early on Sunday morning in the southern German town of Rosenheim has been detained, authorities said. The woman, who was ...

Both candidates in the Scottish Labour leadership race have backed new drilling in the North Sea, calling for the Rosebank and Jackdaw fields to be approved “as soon as possible”.

The Duke of Sussex wrote to the Home Secretary asking her to take a personal role in determining if his family receive close ...