22+ hour, 11+ min ago   (682+ words) Kellie Bright has spoken about her decision to leave EastEnders and the direction of her character’s final storyline. The actress, who has played Linda Carter for 13 years, is due to leave the show soon. The actress first arrived in Albert…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (463+ words) A 76-year-old man has been charged with concealing his identity at an anti-immigration protest in Portsmouth after police warned they would use powers to arrest demonstrators wearing face coverings. Timothy Miller, of Southampton, will appear at Portsmouth Magistrates’ Court on…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago   (703+ words) A 76-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of concealing his identity at an anti-immigration protest in Portsmouth after police warned they would use powers to arrest demonstrators wearing face coverings. A person wearing what appeared to be black scarves…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago   (337+ words) THIS week, our Ayrshire Weekly Press titles have covered cases from Ayr and Kilmarnock sheriff courts, as well as the High Court in Glasgow. A nuisance who repeatedly disrupted deliveries of wind farm components in Ayrshire for more than a…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (175+ words) A private hospital’s failure to provide preventative medication contributed to the death of Sir Richard Branson’s wife, an inquest has concluded. Lady Joan Branson, 80, died on November 24 after suffering a cardiac arrest at the private Lister Hospital in Chelsea, west…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (574+ words) A protester called ex-home secretary Suella Braverman “Cruella Deville” in a speech outside Downing Street days after Hamas launched a deadly attack on Israel, a court has heard. Urslaan Khan, 44, is on trial at the Old Bailey accused of expressing…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (223+ words) A TEENAGER has been reported to the Procurator Fiscal for traffic offences after police seized two electric motorbikes from an Ardrossan home. Around 7.30am on Wednesday, September 9, officers from Saltcoats Locality Policing Team executed a search warrant in the town's Ailsa…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (490+ words) MPs have launched an inquiry into party political funding following fraud within the SNP. The Scottish Affairs Committee said it will investigate the Electoral Commission’s oversight of party cash. The committee announced it would separately investigate the dual role of…...

5+ day, 10+ hour ago   (626+ words) A TRAUMATISED woman whose life was endangered when the man she had been "besotted" with turned violent has urged other domestic abuse victims to speak out. Her call comes after 51-year-old Jason Kyle, from Saltcoats, was jailed for an alcohol-fuelled…...

6+ day, 7+ hour ago   (508+ words) A MAN accused of murder and attempted murder in Ardrossan told police that "if someone attacks you, you need to attack them", a trial has heard. Terence Welsh told officers that he had been "terrorised" by Stuart Kennedy while inside…...