Folk magic goes by many names in the Appalachian Mountains: root work, granny magic, kitchen witchery, Braucherei, witchcraft ...

In the woodland communities that once marked the frontier of the United States, settlers from Scotland and Northern Ireland ...

Speaking at a fringe event which was attended by Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar ... and there must be sanctions on Israeli settlers and any trade with the illegal settlements. “All the ...

More than eight in 10 Scots consider England to be their biggest sporting rival, new national research has revealed. The study, conducted by pub company and brewer Greene King, revealed 85% of ...

The Scottish Ambulance Service has apologised after not attending an emergency call as a four-year-old boy suffered a horror seizure on a packed train. Natasha McCormick, 26 and her son Jax ...

A Scots grandad "went the way he would have wanted" his son has said, after he suddenly died at a football game. Charles Stuart, from Edinburgh was watching his beloved Hearts take on Rangers at ...

Fuming Linfield boss David Healy has demanded to know why Irish League games are now being ‘re-refereed’ after Larne’s Andy Ryan had his red card against the Blues overturned. The Larne ...

A HUMAN skull was found by workers during renovations at a millionaire's Scottish estate. The grim discovery was made at Badentarbat Lodge in Coigach - a peninsula just north of Ullapool in the ...

The Harbour Police shared images of the pooches to social media and said the animals will be looked after and then rehomed. In a post they wrote: “Our Officers working with partner agencies @ ...

This music came here with early Scottish and Irish settlers and it evolved into a unique style that has been played on front porches and at community gatherings for centuries. During the 1920s ...

The First Minister has been asked to make a direct intervention as it emerged that a "national emergency" over the future of a key Scots lifeline ferry port has meant a key taskforce mapping its ...

He heads there to meet the growing community of Israeli settlers based there. The settlements are illegal under international law but protected by the police, army and Israeli government.