Kate Phillips has been announced as the permanent chief content officer of the BBC, after she had been performing the role on an interim basis after predecessor Charlotte Moore announced she was ...

A senior union leader has urged the Government to do more to show it values public services and the workers who deliver them. Christina McAnea, general secretary of Unison, told her union’s annual ...

Coventry Crown Court heard the 15-year-old, who cannot be named, is now likely to face a jury in February next year.

Iran’s supreme leader has rejected US calls for surrender in the face of Israeli strikes and warned that any military involvement by the Americans would cause “irreparable damage” to them, in an ...

Russia poses a direct threat to the European Union through acts of sabotage and cyber attacks, but its massive military spending suggests that President Vladimir Putin also plans to use his armed ...

A British man shot dead alongside two friends while travelling in Mexico was “tragically in the wrong place at the wrong time”, his inquest has heard. Ben Marshall Corser, 36, from St Just in Cornwall ...

A rapist who preyed on a 15-year-old girl after following her in a town centre has been jailed for nine years. Sadeq Nikzad, 29, targeted the schoolgirl after spotting her walking down a town centre ...

TRAFFIC offences across North Ayrshire have fallen year-on-year - but police have warned driving under the influence of drugs is a fast-growing problem in the area. In a report to the North Ayrshire ...

ARDROSSAN residents are being invited to have their say on plans for a new housing development in the town. Plans have been unveiled for six new homes at Nursery Place, replacing the flatted blocks ...

A member of rap trio Kneecap has arrived at court to face a terrorism charge as hundreds of people turned out with placards and flags in a show of support. Liam Og O hAnnaidh, who performs under the ...

POLICE are believed to be following a "positive line of inquiry" in connection with an alleged hate crime which took place the night before the Arran Pride march and festival. Banners and decorations ...

Around 170 patients have suffered harm as a result of a cyber attack on blood services at London hospitals and GP surgeries, reports suggest. Pathology services provider Synnovis was the victim of a ...