Protests against the use of asylum hotels and counter-demonstrations have taken place, with police trying to keep the groups apart.

An act which explores life as a trans woman has won the prestigious Best Comedy Show award at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Sam Nicoresti’s Baby Doomer show won the Taffner Family best comedy show ...

A FORMER marine from Stevenston has told how he survived a climb on Everest, despite running out of oxygen during the ascent. Tony Smith, 55, had to make his way through the 'death zone' on the ...

This beautiful four bedroom home in the Ayrshire hamlet of Cunninghamhead has just gone on the market for offers over £375,000.

UK temperatures could hit 30C over the bank holiday weekend before the remnants of Hurricane Erin bring wind and rain along with big waves to the coast. Warm and sunny spells are expected over the ...

The famine determination by the world’s leading authority on food crises galvanised governments and aid groups to intensify their pleas for Israel to halt its 22-month offensive on Gaza, prompted by ...

Demonstrators and counter-protesters have gathered outside a hotel housing asylum seekers in Perth, as a wave of demonstrations took place at similar sites around the UK. A group called Abolish Asylum ...

The family of a British aid volunteer reportedly killed in a drone strike in Ukraine have said they are “very disappointed” by the response from authorities. Annie Lewis Marffy, 69, travelled from her ...

US rockers Queens Of The Stone Age have got the crowd rocking as the first headliners of a seaside festival which has been hit by controversy over an onstage pro-Palestinian protest. Thousands of ...

THIS week, we take a look back at the Herald's stories and photos from August 2000. And there was plenty going on, including a firearms incident in an Ardrossan street. (Image: Newsquest) These lucky ...

At least 12 workers have died and four others are missing after the collapse of an under-construction railway bridge over a major river in north-west China, state media reported. Aerial photos of the ...

Police, paramedics and firefighters were called to the blaze on Woodford Avenue in Gants Hill at about 9pm on Friday.