It is becoming “increasingly difficult” for the Stormont Executive to mitigate decisions being made at Westminster, Northern Ireland’s Finance Minister has said. John O’Dowd said decisions, such as ...

All eyes are on Vatican City for the sign of a new pope, as cardinals processed into the Sistine Chapel to begin the secret conclave meeting. The 133 electors, dressed in distinctive bright red ...

The health board has been given the NHS Scotland Pastoral Care Quality Award. It recognises the health board's commitment to supporting its international staff. The award celebrates health boards that ...

A PRIMARY school pupil from the Borders has secured a place in the final of a national joke-telling competition. Archie Jones, who attends Ancrum Primary School, was crowned the winner of the Borders ...

Disney will build its seventh theme park, this one in the United Arab Emirates, the entertainment company said on Wednesday. The waterfront resort will be built on Yas Island on the outskirts of Abu ...

After leaving the door open, word spread around, and several people helped themselves to items from the house.

A 60-YEAR-OLD man who admitted a drug-driving offence has been fined £1,000 at Selkirk Sheriff Court and banned from the road for 12 months. Mohammed Sharif, who gave an address in Glasgow, pleaded ...

The Border Union Schools Countryside Day is also supported by Scottish Borders Council, Charity Begins at Home, BASF, Kelso Farmers’ Market, ARLA, The Farmers’ Choir, Ford & Etal Estates and Kelso ...

One-hundred-and-seventy-years of being bold as brass is to be marked by an exhibition which opens later this month.

LIVE Borders has announced its new chief executive. Catriona McAllister will join the organisation later this summer. She is returning to Scotland after eight years in Jersey, where she is currently ...

The film industry has raised concerns that US President Donald Trump’s plan would impact freelancers in the UK and would be difficult to enact.

A small plane has crashed into a neighbourhood in Simi Valley, California, killing two people and a dog on board the aircraft ...