The man refused to leave a house and armed officers were deployed, the Independent Office for Police Conduct said.

A small section of the Ayr United support will be able to buy alcohol at two home Premier Sports Cup games as part of a pilot scheme. The William Hill Championship club have been granted alcohol ...

The killing of a police bloodhound who helped find nine people over the course of his sniffer-dog rescue career has outraged Italians and sparked a criminal investigation to find his killers. Bruno, a ...

Campaigners warn Transport Secretary that plans to cut 100 road maintenance jobs will have a knock-on effect on A77 repairs ...

The Government will respond ‘properly’ to Sir Wyn’s recommendations by the inquiry’s October 10 deadline, minister Gareth Thomas pledged.

A 40-year-old man who kissed and licked a teenage girl's face on a bus while she asked to be left alone is now in custody after repeatedly ...

Concern has been expressed over the siting of a loyalist bonfire close to an electricity substation in Belfast. The location of the towering pyre is also close to two major Belfast hospitals.

Ayrshire communities are being celebrated as part of a national campaign promoting the power of shopping local.

It follows a mixed picture in recent years, with one such attack in 2023 and 2022, none in 2021 and 2020, and five in 2019.

Campaigners and experts debated on whether utilities should be nationalised as ministers seek to ‘reset’ the failing sector.

A care home near Ayr has been highly praised by inspectors and external health professionals for all aspects of its care.

Betty Brown, 92, from County Durham, ran the Annfield Plain Post Office with her late husband when the faulty Horizon software was introduced.