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 ...

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

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 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 ...

Scrum-half Tomos Williams will miss Wales’ Autumn Nations Series clash against Australia on Sunday. Williams is understood to have suffered a shoulder injury during the 24-19 defeat against Fiji, ...

Republic of Ireland boss Heimir Hallgrimsson was unaware of the controversy surrounding Robbie Keane’s visit to the camp but says the former captain’s presence was “a good thing” for his squad.

Scotland’s First Minister has given farmers a “cast-iron” guarantee to return £46 million taken from the agriculture budget to combat the cost-of-living crisis. The cash was taken in 2022 and 2023 as ...

Conservation status for warm-water reef-building corals was analysed for the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) Red List.

THE number of homicide victims in North Ayrshire has hit its joint-highest rate for two decades, sparking a call for urgent action to address the "deeply-troubling" figures. The concerning statistics ...

Rogers has enjoyed quite the rise over the last 12 months, having left Middlesbrough for Aston Villa last January for £15million.