The Latest Breaking News from Alexandria

For Bob and Angie Shepherd, the news kept getting worse. First, Angie's car was stolen from their Alexandria, Virginia, home. Next, police in Prince Georgia's County, Maryland, told them it was used in a murder. And now, District of Columbia officials are demanding the Shepherds pay $400 in tickets accumulated…

Members of West Dunbartonshire Council’s infrastructure, redevelopment and economic development (IRED) committee last week formally agreed to demolish the remaining buildings on Mitchell Way and hand the land over to Lidl.

El Shafee Elsheikh, part of a group known as the "ISIS Beatles," is the most notorious and highest-ranking member of the Islamic State to be convicted in the U.S,, prosecutors said.

A U.S. federal judge on Friday sentenced a member of an Islamic State cell known as "The Beatles" to life in prison for involvement in a hostage-taking plot that led to the killings of American journalists and aid workers in Syria.

A member of the notorious ISIS kidnap-and-murder cell known as the "Beatles," is to be sentenced in a US court on Friday for the deaths of four American hostages in Syria. El Shafee Elsheikh, 34, faces a mandatory sentence of life in prison after being convicted in Alexandria, Virginia, in…

Egypt's Coptic Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria joined government calls to move churches in overcrowded areas to “wider places,” days after a major fire engulfed a church in the Giza governorate, killing dozens. “There are small prayer places compared to the number of Copts in the area, and the church…

Councillors will be asked to make a decision on the proposals at a meeting of WDC’s infrastructure, regeneration and economic development committee tomorrow

Alexandria author Paul Murdoch launches The Nature of West Dunbartonshire series next month, with four books covering walks in each season.

The hidden piece of history was revealed last month by workers digging up Main Street as part of ongoing regeneration works.

Lizzi Stuart has made a renewed plea for local support services as West Dunbartonshire recorded its highest number of suicide deaths in a decade.

Chiefs insist the decision is “not about closing down our advice but relocating it” - with online and telephone services strengthened, and the potential of home visits being investigated.