Russia and Ukraine have been holding their first direct peace talks in three years. They gathered in Istanbul for Turkish-brokered negotiations, but officials and observers expected the talks to yield ...

A SOUTH Ayrshire timber transport project has received a £45,000 funding boost. The cash injection from Scottish Forestry will be used to improve the Carrick Burn bridge, a crucial part of the Barhill ...

Maryam Delavary, 48, pleaded not guilty to charges of preventing a lawful burial and doing acts tending to pervert the course of public justice.