THIS week, we look back at the big events in Irvine and Kilwinning in August 2005. And yes, that does include Marymass pics from 20 years ago!

The United States launched the Nagasaki attack on August 9 1945, killing 70,000 by the end of that year, three days after the bombing of Hiroshima that killed 140,000. Japan surrendered on August 15 ...

A FORTHCOMING Freckfest gig at Irvine's Harbour Arts Centre has been rescheduled. The Countess of Fife, featuring Rezillos singer Fay Fife, had been due to appear at the HAC in September. The ...

“On Friday at around lunchtime, there was a small rockfall in the Loom area (back of the Giant’s Causeway) in Port Noffer,” ...

President Donald Trump has said he will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin on August 15 in Alaska. Mr Trump announced the meeting in a post on social meeting and said more details would follow ...

More than two hundred people were protesting outside the Britannia Hotel in Canary Wharf on Friday evening, with rival groups separated by police.

Sir Keir Starmer has lost 10 members of his Government since Labour won the general election in July 2024. This is a higher number of departures than those clocked up by his immediate predecessors ...

Other major events including the Community Shield match between Liverpool and Crystal Palace at Wembley are also taking place in London.

Ukrainian forces are locked in intense battles along the 620-mile front line from north-east to south-east Ukraine.

The vice-president confirmed Washington had ‘no plans’ to recognise Palestine, which Britain has pledged to do unless Israel agrees to ...

Chancellor Friedrich Merz said the German government remains deeply concerned about the suffering of civilians in the territory.

The Prime Minister’s intervention comes after Benjamin Netanyahu’s war cabinet approved plans for a major escalation in the conflict.