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 ...

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 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.

POLICE are appealing for information following a serious assault in Beith. Between 7pm and 8pm on Thursday, August 21, a 28-year-old man was assaulted and had his car vandalised in a car park at ...

Protests against the use of asylum hotels and counter-demonstrations have taken place, with police trying to keep the groups apart.

This beautiful four bedroom home in the Ayrshire hamlet of Cunninghamhead has just gone on the market for offers over £375,000.

US rockers Queens Of The Stone Age have got the crowd rocking as the first headliners of a seaside festival which has been hit by controversy over an onstage pro-Palestinian protest. Thousands of ...

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 ...

THIS week, we take a look back at the Herald's stories and photos from August 2000. And there was plenty going on, including a firearms incident in an Ardrossan street. (Image: Newsquest) These lucky ...

The famine determination by the world’s leading authority on food crises galvanised governments and aid groups to intensify their pleas for Israel to halt its 22-month offensive on Gaza, prompted by ...

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 ...