More than 50 young swimmers took part in the Inverclyde Amateur Swimming Club championships last month with lots of new members joining in.

Former EastEnders actor and prolific theatre star Frank Barrie has died at the age of 88, his agent has confirmed. According to a statement from his agency Scott Marshall Partners, Barrie died ...

A yellow heat health alert has been extended to all regions in England, with temperatures set to reach 31C on Thursday and expected to climb as the third heatwave of the summer hits the UK.

INVERCLYDE’S MP says news of a major new deal for Ferguson Marine underlines the need for the Scottish Government to make a direct award to the yard for the building of a new CalMac ferry. Ferguson ...

Suspensions and exclusions from schools in England have risen to a record high for recent times, Government figures show. There were 954,952 suspensions in the 2023/24 academic year, compared with 786 ...

Campaigners have made renewed calls to scrap the two-child benefit limit after the latest figures showed the number of children in affected households is approaching 1.7 million across Great Britain.

Tensions are continuing to smoulder around two loyalist bonfires in Northern Ireland which have attracted significant controversy.

Sculptor Charlie Whinney has created a place for people to sit beside and touch a section of the much-loved tree, which was felled in 2023.

Disruption to Glasgow’s subways during the city’s biggest music festival has been avoided after unions struck a deal with the operator. About 100 staff working for Strathclyde Partnership for ...

Owen Farrell is among the replacements for Saturday’s British and Irish Lions clash with an Australia and New Zealand Invitational XV after being drafted into the squad. The 33-year-old Saracens and ...

It comes as new figures show the waiting list for routine hospital treatment in England fell to its lowest in more than two years.

A memorial service will be held in Gourock in tribute to the local men who died in an infamous First World War battle 110 years ago.