5 d. ago Furious Bournemouth locals set up 'vigilante' force after beach brawl and murder

Frustrated by a string of crimes in their seaside town, locals in Bournemouth have taken matters into their own hands, setting up a volunteer 'force' - but critics call it a 'vigilante' group

Events

5 d. ago Furious locals set up 'vigilante' army in 'Wild West' seaside town overrun by feral yobs, sex predators and murders

When temperatures hit the mid-30s last month, brawls broke out in broad daylight, while a woman in her late teens was raped in a beachside public toilet just days later leading to the arrest of a man.

Events

5 d. ago Aberdeen approves new tourist tax from 2027 – here’s how much it could cost you

Local authorities can set different rates during specific events like festivals

Economics

5 d. ago Great Eastern Hotel by Ruchir Joshi review – a panoramic view of India in flux

The political and emotional journey of a young communist revolutionary is brought sensuously to life, in a magnificent epic that took 25 years to writeThe observation by architect Louis Kahn that you “can only really see a building once the building becomes a ruin” runs through this book like the Hooghly river through India’s former capital. There’s no better Indian ruin than Kolkata, a city that still clings to the centrality of its role in the 19th-century intellectual renaissance that buttressed the case for Indian self-rule. The adage back then was that “what Bengal thinks today, India thinks tomorrow”.Great Eastern Hotel, the second novel from the author of The Last Jet-Engine Laugh, is 920 pages and well over 300,000 words long. The staff of your local Waterstones will kindly describe it as “an undertaking”. It is set in and around the still-standing, now eye-wateringly expensive Great Eastern Hotel, which is, as the book points out, a model for the city itself: a place t...

Politics

7 d. ago Daily inspections set for collapsed wall in Bridge of Allan street reopened after two year closure

A collapsed wall in Bridge of Allan's Sunnylaw Road will be subject to daily inspections after the route reopened following a two year closure, with the final repair works still to take place.

Politics

7 d. ago Edinburgh's 'Disneyland' overcrowding set to get worse as locals are hit with fresh issue

The Edinburgh International Festival has been a mainstay on the city's calendar since 1947, but not everyone is a fan of the city being overrun by tourists in the summer

Events

8 d. ago Plan backfires as locals set up €5 gates to keep influencers out of beautiful spots

Turnstiles have been installed on paths running up to beauty spots, including the Seceda and Drei Zinnen (Three Peaks) mountain ranges in Italy's Dolomites by fed-up farmers

Events

3 w. ago Spanish lawyer says UK tourists facing beach fines in seven hotspots

A mass brawl broke out on a beach in Cadiz when the police swooped to stop people playing football and umbrellas can also land fines

Society

3 w. ago Dumfries and Galloway set to be hit by flash flooding and thunderstorms as weather warning issued

The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning and believes as much as 75mm of rain could fall in the space of just a few hours.

Events

3 w. ago How destruction of Hotel Oloffson is symbol of Haiti’s gang crisis

Once a haven for the world’s rich and famous, the landmark hotel was burned down this month as violence gripped Port-au-PrinceThere was an outpouring of grief in Haiti when the Hotel Oloffson, a cultural and architectural landmark in Port-au-Prince, was set ablaze on the night of 5 July, in what local media described as retaliation by armed gangs after a police operation in its vicinity.For many, its ruins are a stark and sobering symbol of the state of a capital city on the verge of collapse, and a sign that a once vibrant culture may be fading as violent criminal armed groups continue their reign of terror. Continue reading...

Events

3 w. ago Labour is accused of bid to rig next election as it is set to announce votes for 16

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government is expected to set out a plan to enfranchise under-18s today.

Politics

4 w. ago Stirling Photography Festival set to go above and 'Beyond' for 2025

A stellar line up includes internationally acclaimed Ron O'Donnell who is set to showcase his work in his home city for the first time.

Culture

4 w. ago Dumfries and Galloway bike facilities set for upgrade thanks to Levelling Up cash

Plans are being made for 'multi-modal transport hubs' in both Castle Douglas and Gatehouse.

Politics