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 ...

Northwood House Care Home, based on Sinclair Street, received unannounced visits by the Care Inspectorate over three dates in July. The facility received a mixed report, with the organisation graded ...

Both sides met near the Four Points By Sheraton hotel in Horley, which is used to house asylum seekers, and were separated by police.

THE monthly meeting of Helensburgh Community Council will be held next week. The group gathering, which is usually packed with public attendance in the Civic Centre Annex, starts at 7pm on August 28.

Jeremy Corbyn has said United Nations special rapporteur Francesca Albanese will contribute to the “Gaza tribunal” event which he is hosting. The former Labour leader, who is campaigning for a new ...

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

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 ...

The Mary Wallopers were performing at Victorious Festival in Portsmouth when they claimed they were ‘cut off’ for displaying a Palestinian flag.

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 ...

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 ...

The family of a British aid volunteer reportedly killed in a drone strike in Ukraine have said they are “very disappointed” by the response from authorities. Annie Lewis Marffy, 69, travelled from her ...

Police, paramedics and firefighters were called to the blaze on Woodford Avenue in Gants Hill at about 9pm on Friday.