A 33-YEAR-OLD man convicted of assaulting a woman to her injury and danger of life has received a jail sentence of two years and two months.

Laurence des Cars offered to resign as director of the museum after eight pieces from France’s Crown Jewels were stolen in ...

Record-breaking former England cricketer Sir James Anderson will be among those accepting honours on Tuesday as he receives a knighthood. The fast bowler, 43, will be knighted by the Princess Royal at ...

Baroness Theresa May has warned the Conservatives against using “populism” for “short-term political ends” in a wide-ranging criticism of her party’s current policies.

Heather Humphreys has congratulated Catherine Connolly as she looked secure to become the next president of Ireland by a significant margin. Ms Connolly said earlier on Saturday that she was ...

THE lord lieutenant of Tweeddale has issued a plea for organisations in need of vital funds to come forward. Catherine Maxwell Stuart chairs two good causes in the area but has noticed a decline in ...

TWO Tweeddale towns have served as the inspiration for an up-and-coming author's debut novel. Former journalist Miranda Moore, from Peebles, released A Beautiful, Terrible Thing this month - a young ...

Sir Lindsay Hoyle said there had been ‘inaccurate’ commentary on whether MPs are able to discuss Andrew in the Commons.

Questions have been raised about the judgment of Fianna Fail leader Micheal Martin and his deputy leader Jack Chambers in picking the political novice for the contest, and the shortcomings in the ...

The Israeli government announced that US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will travel to Israel to meet with Mr Netanyahu on ...

Russia has tested a new nuclear-capable and powered cruise missile fit to confound existing defences, inching closer to deploying it in combat, President Vladimir Putin has said. In video released by ...