A major global analysis examined the extinction threat to 23,496 freshwater species of fish, dragonflies, damselflies, crabs, ...

The reporter for the Il Foglio daily was detained in Tehran on December 19, three days after she arrived on a journalist visa ...

The country’s acting leader has expressed concern over unrest involving law enforcement agents and presidential security ...

The Israeli military said troops have recovered the remains of a hostage held in Gaza and are examining whether another body was also that of a captive. Earlier, Israel’s defence minister said that ...

A glass of milk a day cuts the risk of bowel cancer by almost a fifth, according to the largest study of its kind.

A PRESTONPANS businesswoman has said everyone who purchased Christmas platters she was unable to provide to them will be fully refunded.

A LONG-SERVING North Berwick ambulance worker, who met his wife of 58 years after he came to her aid when she fell off a motorbike, has passed away.

Around 4,000 people are still without power while 4,500 are without water, though more sub-zero conditions overnight are expected to cause more disruption. The entire island was under weather warnings ...

THE first ever North Berwick New Year Community Ceilidh proved a great success despite the winter weather... and the chief organiser is now looking ahead to next year's event.

A Russian missile attack on the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia has killed at least 13 civilians and injured dozens, a local official said. Footage posted on Ukrainian President Volodymyr ...

Conservative MP Damian Hinds said the ‘broad framework’ has ‘helped to guard against the politicisation’ of subjects like history ...

Paula Radcliffe believes Keely Hodgkinson’s potential is “stratospheric” as the Olympic champion targets a “double whammy” of success in 2025. Hodgkinson won gold over 800 metres in Paris last summer ...