A police officer has been jailed for nine years after he sexually touched a vulnerable six-year-old girl while responding to a disturbance. Dean Dempster, 35, an officer for Greater Manchester Police ...

The Labour MP for Blackpool South Chris Webb also said it needed to be more widely communicated to parents that all baby formulas were tightly regulated to ensure safety and were “nutritionally ...

Two women involved in an “abhorrent and sadistic” global monkey torture network have been jailed for encouraging offences committed overseas. Adriana Orme and Holly LeGresley both pleaded guilty to ...

Children will go back to “smoking behind the bike sheds” as a result of the Government’s ban on disposable vapes, a Conservative former minister has said. Sir Christopher Chope claimed that 29% of ...

Donald Trump made a victor’s return to Washington on Wednesday, visiting the White House for an Oval Office meeting with ...

An MSP has called for action from the Scottish Government after a report highlighted serious pressures on courts and the criminal justice system.

A new weight loss drug target may help reduce appetite and burn calories without causing sickness, research suggests. The discovery could lead to a new treatment for millions of people with both ...

Shadow equalities minister Claire Coutinho has pressed the Government to clarify the definition of sex. Equalities minister Bridget Phillipson said it was “important that providers have clarity in ...

THE MV Isle of Arran is set to continue as the main ferry between Ardrossan and Brodick for the winter season, CalMac has confirmed. The ageing vessel, which took over the route at the start of the ...

A “fairytale” picnic cottage enjoyed by Queen Victoria on her visits to Balmoral has been saved from ruin by a conservation charity.

A FORMER Ayrshire nurse has been suspended by a regulatory body for promoting Covid and anti-vaccine conspiracy theories. Tracey McCallum, who worked at Crosshouse Hospital, gave radio and TV ...

Actor Timothy West, known for many roles in television and the theatre, has died peacefully in his sleep aged 90 “with his friends and family at the end”, his family said. West, who was was married to ...