The prison population in England and Wales stood at 86,089 as of December 9 2024. Of this total, 82,218 were adult males ...

Freddie Pritchard lit a cigarette on his bed along with aerosol canisters and vapes before leaving the room at his Ayr flat.

A 29-year-old man, who took selfies and laughed as firefighters fought a blaze he started, has been jailed for four years for ...

Thousands of people have been flocking from all over Syria to Saydnaya prison outside Damascus in the hope of finding loved ...

Laura Wilkie was last seen on 18 December near Ayr's Millennium Bridge A body has been found in the search for a woman who went missing from Ayr more than two weeks ago. Laura Wilkie, 43 ...

At Ayr Sheriff Court a jury found Maxwell, of Irvine, guilty of wasting police time. She collapsed in the dock as Sheriff Shirley Foran said there was no alternative to prison. The court was told ...