“We need regulations to stop people using it for bad things, and we don’t appear to have those kinds of political systems in place at present.” Prof Hinton said he fears AI will be bad for society if ...

Scotland welcomed 2024 in explosive style with the traditional fireworks display over Edinburgh Castle at the Hogmanay street party. The 12 months which followed saw electoral change, footballing ...

German president Frank-Walter Steinmeier has ordered the country’s parliament to be dissolved and set new elections for February 23 in the wake of the collapse of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s governing ...

Soap supremo Sir Phil Redmond says that “courage has gone out of broadcasting” in recent years, and suggested that TV watchdog rules should be broken more often. TV writer Sir Phil, who created ...

A prison officer has been arrested after she was allegedly filmed having sex with an inmate. Footage of the guard and male prisoner was shared with prisoners at HMP Five Wells, Northamptonshire, the ...

The efforts of legendary fundraisers The Grey Dippers came to a conclusion on Boxing Day - with hundreds turning out to show their support.

The victim reported being approached by two unknown men near Harry Ramsden’s, in Old Steine, around 3.30am on Saturday.

A Nasa spacecraft which made the closest-ever approach to the sun is safe and “operating normally”, the space agency said. On Christmas Eve, the Parker Solar Probe came within 3.8 million miles of the ...

SOMEONE once said that there are four stages of man (and woman); infancy, childhood, adolescence and obsolescence. In earlier years you made funny faces in the mirror and you reach a time when the ...

Researchers called for the widespread adoption of services that allow patients to self-refer without a GP consultation.

New statistics obtained by the Ayrshire Weekly Press have laid bare the staggering impact of roadworks on West Kilbride motorists so far this year.