Fifteen Irish citizens and dependants have been evacuated from Israel after the US launched an attack on Iran. Ireland’s deputy premier Simon Harris said the group, evacuated with the help of the ...

Parents have called on First Minister John Swinney to hand increased powers to the authorities for tackling and punishing youth knife crime. On Sunday, a march against knife violence took place ...

The Trump administration has signalled a willingness to renew talks with Iran and avoid a prolonged war in the aftermath of a surprise attack on three of the country’s nuclear sites as US officials ...

One of the world's leading experts on Edgar Allan Poe is heading to Ayrshire later this week to find out more about the author and gothic ...

TWO students from Ayrshire College in Kilwinning have excelled in national fitness competitions. Jonathan Gray and Vanna Salutous, both enrolled in the Applied Sports Science HND course, have achieved ...

A Saltcoats man has been placed on a curfew after making threatening and abusive remarks towards his ex following a "chance meeting".

America “does not seek war” with Iran, Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth has said in the aftermath of a surprise US attack on three of Tehran’s key nuclear sites.

Tech tycoon Mike Lynch and his 18-year-old daughter were among those killed when the superyacht sank off Sicily on August 19.

IN the latest instalment of a regular new column focusing on North Ayrshire's housing market, Karen Kelly from The Property Boom - with offices in Beith and Irvine - offers some tips on selling a home ...

The Prime Minister has urged British nationals in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories to make contact with the Foreign Office as it prepares for an evacuation flight early next week. It ...

The US strikes on Iran represent an “extraordinarily dangerous escalation” of the conflict in the Middle East, the Irish foreign affairs minister has said.