The charity tackles loneliness and animal rehoming by supporting the over 60s to afford a rescue pet companion or spend time with animals.

The World Food Programme (WFP) has said its food stocks in Gaza have run out under Israel’s nearly eight-week blockade, ending a main source of sustenance for hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in ...

The Government “is not for bending” on net zero, Ed Miliband has said as he urged opponents of the policy to “bring on the fight”. Speaking at the end of an international energy security summit in ...

US President Donald Trump has said in an interview that “Crimea will stay with Russia” as Ukraine comes under mounting pressure to make concessions to end the war between the two countries. “Zelensky ...

A Dunfermline pub is set to take part in a national quiz competition with a £5,000 cash prize. The Sweet Chestnut is one of four Scottish pubs to participate in Marston's Big Pub Quiz, which will see ...

Some 43 migrants with no legal right to stay in the UK have been returned to Nigeria and Ghana, the Home Office said. A charter flight included 15 refused asylum seekers, 11 foreign criminals who had ...

Here is an update on the planned developments, the sites that are underway and those where work has yet to begin.

A QUANTITY of drugs and cash were recovered after police stopped a car in Oakley. Two people have been charged in connection with drug and road traffic offences after officers halted the vehicle ...

A prolific mobile phone thief who was caught with a blind woman’s stolen device during a morning crime spree has been jailed – after being taken down by a ceremonial Beadle.

A petition calling on Fife Council to protect Rosyth’s wildlife has gathered over 1,000 signatures, after reported attacks left the town’s ...

Britain’s relationship with the EU is “arguably even more important” than trading links with the US, the Chancellor has said ahead of a meeting with her American counterpart. Rachel Reeves is expected ...

Trial dates have been set for defendants, including former mayor of Liverpool Joe Anderson, charged as part of an investigation into city council corruption. The 67-year-old and co-defendants, ...