A former police sergeant has appeared in court charged with striking and injuring a man during an arrest. The ex-officer, who can now be named as Paul Street following submissions from the PA news ...

Thousands of UK travellers are trying to return home on Tuesday after being stranded overnight because of widespread power cuts in Spain ...

Irvine Welsh has revealed that the stars of Trainspotting will have to be replaced if the latest sequel to his best-selling debut is adapted for ...

Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh claims Scotland’s cultural identity will be under threat if the BBC refuses to reprieve River City.

An SNP councillor has declared “the hard work starts now” after she was confirmed as her party’s candidate for the new Renfrewshire North ...

A busy route in Paisley is set to close next month for approximately four weeks as “essential repairs” are planned for the sewer network.

A man high on butane who pulled himself from a toilet into a hospital ceiling lost a brother murdered by another sibling, a court has heard.

Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre was voted out of his own seat in Parliament as Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberal Party won Canada’s federal election, the Canadian Broadcasting ...

The number of homeless people living in temporary accommodation in East Renfrewshire rose by 44 per cent over a year.

A 49-year-old has been charged following the death of a man on a busy street. Emergency crews raced to reports of an unresponsive man on Orchard Street in Kilmarnock at around 5.25pm on Tuesday, April ...

The SNP now has 37 councillors, ahead of Labour on 31. A spokesperson for the SNP Group on Glasgow City Council said: "Councillor Feargal Dalton sits as an independent by mutual agreement. "The SNP ...

Renewable energy storage specialist has received planning permission for a new grid-scale 50-megawatt/ 100MWh BESS on land near the East Kilbride Substation on Cairnmuir Road. When completed it will ...