McDonald’s in Paisley has donated £10,000 to support a life-changing challenge with a lasting impact. The restaurant donated to 23-year-old Craig Ferguson from Paisley, who walked 3300 miles across ...

James Desborough, 40, is to be sentenced this afternoon for murdering Claudio Aquilino, 57, and Daniel Coleman, 43, in Cornwall last year.

Oscar-winning Irish musician and activist Glen Hansard has died in a motorcycle crash in Dublin in the early hours of Wednesday.

Fraudulent funeral director Robert Bush should face between 20 and 25 years in prison, prosecutors have said. Bush, 48, is to be sentenced for 67 offences spanning 12 years and affecting hundreds of ...

On July 7, Mr Justice Nicklin dismissed the claims in their entirety in a 436-page judgment and the cases returned to the High Court for a hearing on Wednesday over costs. The court heard there was a ...

The chief constable of Police Scotland has condemned the “disgraceful scenes” around a protest in Glasgow on Saturday, saying further action will be taken to find those who broke the law. Chief ...

Animal welfare charities have welcomed NatureScot’s recommendation that a licence not be granted for this year’s guga hunt on a remote Scottish island but called for the Scottish Government to make ...

Swathes of England are suffering from “flash drought” as a result of very low rainfall and high temperatures, the Environment Agency has said. The government agency said seven areas of central, ...

The Swim! programme was founded by Olympic swimmers Becky Adlington and Steve Parry following concerns about a lack of quality swimming lesson provision in communities across the UK. The Braehead site ...

The husband of a woman who was murdered in Renfrewshire had been charged with assaulting her weeks before her death ...

Part-time swimmer Imogen Clark insists a Commonwealth Games bronze medal is vindication for four years of sacrifice and persistence.