Three new prisons will be built starting this year, as part of a “record prison expansion”, Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood said, as the Government grapples with near-full jails.

Stuart Murdoch, the lead singer of Belle and Sebastian, has joined campaigners to call for urgent action on ME (Myalgic encephalomyelitis). The singer and other people with the condition, which is ...

A 21-year-old was arrested at an address in Sydenham, south-east London, in the early hours of Tuesday on suspicion of arson.

AN Ayrshire golf course has become the first in the UK to join a prestigious international network. Dundonald Links, home to a popular Kyle Phillips links course, has joined the International ...

South Ayrshire Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP) has played down the possible impact of a ban on recruiting overseas care workers by ...

Three Nazi-worshipping extremists who believed a race war was imminent have been found guilty of planning terrorist attacks on mosques and synagogues. A jury at Sheffield Crown Court heard how ...

Consumer champion Martin Lewis and charities have welcomed a Government pledge to look into making council tax collection practices fairer. Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Pat McFadden told ITV’s ...