The number of people in England and Wales claiming either sickness or disability benefit has soared from 2.8 million to about 4.0 million since 2019.

The Government plans a shake-up to “cut costly red tape that fails to deliver for local communities”. Chancellor Rachel Reeves has summoned regulators to Downing Street, as part of moves to reduce ...

A senior Inverclyde councillor says he believes the public will back plans to cut speed limits to 20 miles per hour on more ...

A masked gunman who shot at a 27-year-old car driver in a terrifying broad daylight murder bid was today jailed for nine and ...

More than 1000 streets across Inverclyde could be converted into 20mph zones at a cost to the taxpayer of more than £600,000.

Ardeer Thistle kept their incredible run of form going over the weekend as the Stevenston side made it five consecutive league wins.

Raith Rovers move above Greenock Morton into fifth in the Scottish Championship as they secure a two-goal win over lacklustre ...

A "secret hero' who helped foil the Glasgow Airport terror attack in 2007 has died after a battle with a rare cancer, aged 59. Stephen Clarkson was picking up ...

Not all of his ideas made the cut though - X-Ray Drive was rejected by the council due to a hyphen being in it, which forced the change to Radiography Road. Some neighbouring streets are ...

EMERGENCY services were called to an incident involving engineering works on the railway at Port Glasgow. A large number of rescue and ambulance units attended at the line beside St John’s School at ...

Cannabis with a street value of around £214,000 was recovered. The women, aged 49, 48 and 16, were due to appear at Greenock Sheriff Court today. Sergeant Gary Arthur said: “I’d like to thank the ...