Chinese hackers have remotely accessed several US Treasury Department workstations and unclassified documents after ...

The UK is set to be battered with wind and rain to start 2025. Met Office weather warnings are in place across parts of England, Wales and Scotland on New Year’s Day. This includes an amber alert for ...

A former British diplomat and a man who wants to use his prize money to help him become a father are among the new contestants on The Traitors. The BBC reality gameshow will return on New Year’s Day, ...

Technology in smartwatches could help people quit smoking, according to researchers who have developed an app which intervenes when movements indicating cigarette use are detected. The team at the ...

Political leaders have eyed a “buzz” and a “big opportunity” for their parties in 2025, as Sir Keir Starmer pledged this year will be one for “rediscovering the great nation that we are”.

Shadow home secretary Chris Philp accused Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer of ‘rewarding the failing Sadiq Khan’.

Countries in the South Pacific Ocean were the first to welcome 2025, with midnight in New Zealand striking 18 hours before the ball drop in New York’s Times Square in the US. In Australia, an ...

People in some parts of the UK may have a chance of seeing the Northern Lights on New Year’s Eve, the Met Office said. People in the east of Scotland, north-east England and Northern Ireland could be ...

Three of seven lurcher puppies stolen just days after Christmas have been found but the search continues for four more, police said. The five-week-old dogs were reported stolen from Shroton in Dorset ...

A RETIRED Ayrshire police officer has been recognised in the King's New Year honours list. Superintendent Shaheen Baber, who retired from Police Scotland, has been awarded the King's Police Medal (KPM ...

One of our most popular photos of the year, Colin Clark snapped the famous rock in all her glory from the safety of Girvan. Hundreds of thousands of locals and visitors flocked to Low Green for the ...

Hardy charity champions braved the cold at Ayr Beach on Boxing Day to raise money for Ayrshire Cancer Support.