Courts will be given greater freedom to ban offenders from activities including going to sports matches or concerts.

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said a new appeals body would help speed up the system and reduce demand for hotels.

The bands pulled out of the Victorious Festival in Portsmouth after The Mary Wallopers claimed they were ‘cut off’ for displaying a ...

The Brighton-formed band is known for their hit songs Naive, She Moves In Her Own Way, and Junk Of The Heart (Happy).

A fire at a restaurant in north-east London was like a “Halloween scene”, a local businessman has said, after CCTV footage appeared to show a man running out of the building with his clothing on fire.

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 teenager who set fire to the back door of a cottage has had sentence deferred for nine months at Jedburgh Sheriff Court.

Australian actress Rebel Wilson has said her surprise performance with rock band The Kooks at Reading Festival was planned 12 hours before taking to the stage. Wilson, 45, best known for Pitch Perfect ...

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 ...

THREE Borders athletics stars will represent Scotland at the Junior Home International next month. Gala Harriers’ Isla Paterson and Seb Darlow are in the U20 women and U17 men categories respectively, ...

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 ...

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 ...