A teenager who had illegal sexual intercourse with a 13-year-old girl after meeting her in a wooded area of Ayr has been spared a jail sentence.

He was identified by police as Phoenix Ikner, son of deputy Jessica Ikner, who has been with the sheriff’s office for more than 18 years.

Drivers at Hull Trains are striking on Good Friday in a long-running dispute over the sacking of a colleague. Members of Aslef will walk out for the day, warning that services will be disrupted. The ...

Britain is hoping a deal can help stave off the full brunt of the US president’s sweeping 10 tariffs on all goods imported to ...

Tributes have poured in for a blind Scottish historian and author who died aged 87 after a short illness. Dr Fred Reid, ...

A yellow warning for rain is set to come into force on Good Friday, marking a damp start to the Easter bank holiday weekend. The Met Office alert for a “prolonged spell of rain” will come into effect ...

Far fewer women today would prefer to switch gender than they once did, according to a study. Researchers compared public attitudes and behaviours in the 1930s and 1940s with those in 2024 to find out ...

Patrick Roach, general secretary of the NASUWT teaching union, warned of an ‘unprecedented surge’ of violence and abuse in schools in ...