CENTRAL Ayrshire MP Alan Gemmell is set to host a pair of advice surgeries this week. The local UK Government representative will be holding the sessions on Friday, March 14 at locations in Loans and ...

A Scottish Labour MP jetted into Washington DC for Donald Trump’s inauguration last month - claiming to have held secret talks with a Texan investor wanting to plough cash into his constituency. Alan ...

Mr Gemmell, an Irvine-born former diplomat, has so far refused to say who he met with – but said he paid for the trip himself.

Central Ayrshire MP Alan Gemmell said action needed to be taken as drug deaths soared to 1,172 in 2023 – up by 121 on 2022. Despite those spiralling figures, Scotland has just 600 residential ...