8 h. ago New community exhibition at Irvine's Scottish Maritime Museum calls out fast fashion for World Ocean Day

Museum is bringing together charities, community organisations and small businesses that are already working locally to help protect the environment and reduce the impact on the planet

Culture

3 d. ago Ayrshire Scottish Water workers walk out in pay dispute as strike action resumes

Strike action at Scottish Water sites in Ayrshire has resumed following a dispute over pay

Economics

4 d. ago Reduced Stagecoach bus service in Ayrshire as second day of strike action starts

Several Stagecoach services in Ayrshire have been reduced or cancelled completely as drivers walk out for the second time in a dispute over pay and conditions.

Events

7 d. ago Scottish Maritime Museum summer exhibition celebrates underwater world

'Beneath the Waves' runs from Saturday, June 7 until Saturday, September 13.

Culture

7 d. ago ‘You can’t help feel emotion’: Hero firefighter tells of chaos at scene of Liverpool parade crash

Following one of the darkest days in Liverpool’s recent history, Alex Ross speaks to one of the first emergency workers to get to the scene of the crash in Water Street

Events

7 d. ago Jury resumes deliberations over Gerry Adams libel action against BBC

The former Sinn Fein leader claims he was subject to a ‘grievous smear’.

Politics

8 d. ago No National Park for Ayrshire as Scottish Government drop plans

Plans for the Galloway National Park which would have included parts of South and East Ayrshire have been dropped by the Scottish Government.

Politics

8 d. ago Jury in Adams action against BBC to resume deliberations on Friday

The jury in Gerry Adams’ libel action against the BBC will continue deliberations on Friday morning.

Politics

1 week ago Dozens of bus services cancelled as drivers strike in pay dispute

Monday’s strike is the first of three planned strike days for the next fortnight, followed by six weeks of continuous action from June 9.

Events

2 w. ago Unions confirm Dumfries and Galloway Scottish Water workers to stage seven day strike

The walk out will begin on June 2 after officials accused the utility company of 'playing games' over a pay offer.

Economics

2 w. ago Ruben Amorim admits he WILL walk from Manchester United job without pay

Ruben Amorim could not salvage a lifeline from Manchester United's disastrous season as their defeat to Tottenham in the Europa League final leaves question marks over his future at the club

Politics

2 w. ago New Orleans jail maintenance worker arrested on allegations he helped 10 inmates escape

Investigators arrested Sterling Williams, who allegedly admitted he turned water off to toilet covering hole in wallA maintenance worker at New Orleans’s jail has been arrested on allegations that he turned water off to a toilet covering a hole in the wall that 10 men who escaped from the facility early Friday used for their getaway.Investigators arrested 33-year-old jail maintenance worker Sterling Williams after he allegedly admitted to officials that one of the men “advised him to turn the water off in the cell” before the men slipped away through the hole in the wall at the Orleans Justice Center (OJC), the Louisiana attorney general’s office said in a statement. Continue reading...

Events

3 w. ago Strike by New Jersey Transit train engineers leaves some 350,000 commuters in the lurch

New Jersey Transit train engineers are on strike in a dispute over wages, leaving an estimated 350,000 commuters in New Jersey and New York City to seek other means to reach their destinations or consider staying home

Events

3 w. ago Scottish Water workers in Dumfries and Galloway set to stage week

Staff will strike between June 2 and June 8 after Unite union officials there has been no new formal pay offer.

Politics

3 w. ago Public invited to come on down to 'Tunes in the Tunnel' fundraiser in Alloway this Sunday

Sunday’s event involves the Ayrshire Fiddle Orchestra, who will be playing traditional Scottish music in the tunnel.

Politics

3 w. ago Sharon Dowey blasts Scottish Government for delayed discharge "broken promise"

A war of words has broken out between the Scottish Government and MSP Sharon Dowey.

Politics

3 w. ago Care workers to strike for first time in decade in dispute over pay

Unison said a walkout over five days in different regions will begin in East Renfrewshire on May 29.

Economics