A series of tantalising mysteries associated with the “most haunted” village in England has been solved by a university ...

Ahead of the KCC elections, local democracy reporter Robert Boddy looks at poor voter turnout and ponders why the public can't be more engaged.

It comes as the Times newspaper reported the Home Office could be open to the idea of a ‘one in, one out’ youth mobility ...

A convicted murderer who went missing from an open prison has been traced. Raymond McCourt, 59, was reported missing at 5.30pm on Tuesday after he failed to return to HMP Castle Huntly near Dundee.

All spent nuclear fuel has been removed from the site of the former Hunterston B power station, leading to it being declared nuclear-free. The site in North Ayrshire provided power for nearly 46 years ...