Jess Phillips has said MPs can jump on the bandwagon of combating grooming gangs and child sexual exploitation – but “it is action that is needed”.

Shamima Begum will not be returning to the UK, David Lammy said following calls from Donald Trump’s incoming counter-terrorism chief for the repatriation of British members of so-called Islamic State ...

A Kilwinning man who caused a woman "fear or alarm" has been given the legal equivalent of a slap on the wrists.

Everton confirmed that under-18s head coach Leighton Baines and club captain Seamus Coleman would take charge of first-team affairs on an interim basis, starting with Thursday night’s FA Cup tie ...

There are more levers which could be used to tackle child poverty than scrapping the two-child benefit cap, the Deputy Prime Minister has said as the Scottish Government seeks to mitigate it.

The Government has said there is “no need for an emergency intervention” as it sought to soothe concerns over the UK’s shaky financial markets. On Thursday, the value of the pound fell to its lowest ...

Colin Stonehouse, 36, and David Kirkbride, 28, joined a crowd of protesters who caused damage to a hotel housing asylum seekers in Staffordshire.

Aston Villa boss Unai Emery says winning the FA Cup is one of his side’s targets this season. Villa are seven-times winners of the famous cup competition but have not lifted the trophy since 1957.

A “popular, well-liked” teenager was fatally stabbed near a bus station in a town centre, police have said. Thomas Taylor, 17, was attacked by a group of males at 5.50pm on Wednesday as he walked ...

PART of an Ardrossan street is to be closed later this month while roadworks are carried out. A section of South Crescent Road in the town is to be shut from 8am on Tuesday, January 14, to allow ...

The Team Cup, which effectively filled the gap left by the Seve Trophy, was revived in 2023 to boost Europe’s chances of regaining the Ryder Cup, a move which paid off with a resounding victory under ...

THREE Towns residents have been warned to be on their guard after a string of break-ins and attempted break-ins by a masked intruder this week. One Saltcoats woman revealed she woke up yesterday ...