The government leaders had been discussing for months setting a limit, considering options from 14 to 16 years of age.

The most contentious issue for the coalition Government will be Ireland’s housing crisis, which has rumbled on since the recession when investment in public services was slashed. The Government’s ...

The MoD contract is to help deliver enhanced training for its pack of more than 500 military working dogs. Private Butler fits protective boots to military working dog Meg (Joe Gi ...

Ai-Da Robot, named after Ada Lovelace, who is considered to be the first computer programmer, has become the first humanoid ...

The festival includes the first hometown live show of hit podcast Here Comes The Guillotine, hosted by Glasgow comics Frankie Boyle, Susie McCabe and Christopher MacArthur-Boyd.

Three patients in the UK have received a”groundbreaking” treatment for lupus on the NHS, which experts hope could eradicate the need for lifelong drugs. Until now, CAR T-cell therapy in the UK has ...

Three people have been charged in connection with the death of former One Direction star Liam Payne as Argentine authorities ruled out third party involvement in his fall. The British singer died ...

Two activists from Extinction Rebellion have attached themselves to the outside of the Scottish Parliament building in protest against proposals for a new gas-fired power station. They used bicycle ...

STUDENTS from Ayrshire College were given a unique chance to cook in the Scottish Parliament. The annual event sees MSPs from the area welcome the youngsters to the centre of Scottish politics. MSPs ...

Sir John Nott, the defence secretary during the Falklands War, has died aged 92. The senior Conservative twice offered his resignation to Margaret Thatcher after the Argentinian invasion of the South ...

A RACIST who told a sweeper at Ayr bus station to "go back to where you came from" has been given unpaid work hours as punishment. Drongan offender Matthew Halford admitted a charge of threatening or ...

Painted in the 1420s, the crucifixion painting by the Renaissance master Fra Angelico is the earliest surviving panel painting by the artist.