Cate Blanchett presented the award to Panahi, who three years ago was imprisoned in Iran before going on a hunger strike.

INTREPID fundraiser Iain Elder took to the sea to complete his paddleboard challenge in aid of local charities.

Sir Ian McKellen delighted fans by making a surprise appearance at the Scissor Sisters reunion gig at London’s O2 on Friday evening. The US pop group, who celebrated the 20-year anniversary of their ...

Striking taxi drivers in Paris are threatening to take their protest to the French Open and block access to Roland-Garros on Monday, if the government does not listen to their demands. The drivers are ...

Gordon Lyons had faced criticism for his failure to attend a senior GAA match in the first 15 months of his tenure as sports minister.

A PETITION by residents to move out of the council’s catchment area was highlighted in the East Lothian Courier on May 16, 1975. People living in the upper Whiteadder Valley feel the area has a ...

DETAILS of a UB40 tribute act performing in Musselburgh this summer have been revealed. One In Ten will perform at the Wiremill Social Club at 7pm on August 16. East Lothian soul DJ Derek Robertson ...

TONIGHT (Saturday) marks the in-ring return of Josh Taylor and his first bout at welterweight. The East Lothian boxer, who is joined in Glasgow by fellow county star Lee McGregor, steps into the ring ...

The former prime minister could be seen in an Instagram post shared on Saturday holding his daughter, Poppy Eliza Josephine Johnson.

The social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, experienced an outage on Saturday as users reported issues with the site. According to service monitoring site Downdetector, thousands of users ...

The health ministry said the new deaths took the war’s toll to 53,901 since the Hamas-led attack on October 7, 2023.

Mr Trump said the cadets would become officers of the greatest and most powerful army the world has ever known.