Contractors are “on standby” to remove a loyalist bonfire in south Belfast which has sparked concern, a Sinn Fein MLA has said. Legal action is also understood to be planned against the towering pyre ...

Lord Harrington, now a non-affiliated peer, apologised for miscalculating the period he had to give notice for jobs he took up after leaving office.

Plumber Sean O’Meara, 36, was wearing a gas-mask and body armour when he was shot and seriously injured by a police officer on Monday night ...

AN EVENT at the Llangollen Eisteddfod has been cancelled tonight following a medical emergency (July 9). The 'Uniting Nations: One World concert' will no longer take place following an 'extraordinary ...

A five-year-old boy who died after an allergic reaction at school was accidentally exposed to cow’s milk protein – probably from his own bottle, an inquest jury has concluded.

A former employee at a Fife children’s home has told the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry (SCAI) that allegations of abuse made against him by former residents are “absolute nonsense”.

Rachael Maskell said pressing ahead with the welfare reform Bill risked leaving “such a stain” on her party, as she urged ministers to scrap a proposed change to the out-of-work element of universal ...

Hassan Jhangur hit five people with his car when he arrived at his sister’s wedding reception, where a fight had broken out between the ...

Resident doctors will go on strike for five consecutive days later this month in their dispute with the Government over pay, the British Medical Association (BMA) has said. Announcing strike dates ...

Campaigners, school children and grandparents were among those calling for MPs to give the crisis the ‘precedence it needs’.

Some building societies have reported seeing a jump in cash Isa applications following speculation that the limit could be cut. Reports have suggested that plans to cut the annual tax-free cash Isa ...

The Clocaenog Red Squirrel Trust is using poetry to raise awareness of the plight of red squirrels in Ruthin. In collaboration with eco-poet Diana Sanders, the trust is highlighting the challenges ...