The Irish Government is to draft legislation to ban the trade of goods with Palestinian lands illegally occupied by Israeli settlements. Ireland’s deputy premier and foreign affairs minister Simon ...

First Minister Michelle O’Neill has said she is “determined” to see the redevelopment of Casement Park. The planned refurb of the derelict GAA ground in west Belfast has faced years of delay due to ...

The British ambassador to the US used a speech in Washington on Tuesday to warn that China posed a more serious threat than the Soviet Union.

The John Lewis Partnership (JLP) has won an appeal to push through controversial plans to redevelop a Waitrose store and build hundreds of new homes in west London. The employee-owned business, which ...

The 33 people who died following a coach crash in the Yorkshire Dales have been remembered on the 50th anniversary of what is often cited as the UK’s worst-ever road accident.

Nicola Packer told the BBC her situation ‘could have been handled much more compassionately’ and that what she had been through makes ...

Hundreds of people turned out over the bank holiday weekend for the annual Chippenham Folk Festival which is now in its 52nd year. With over 650 Performers in town, the unique festival turned out to ...

The King has warned Canada is facing a “critical moment” in its history, with the world a “more dangerous and uncertain place” in a speech to open the nation’s parliament.

The chemical castration of sex offenders has been piloted in prisons in the south west, and "has had successful outcomes", a prison officers' union has said. The Government has accepted a proposal in ...

Darren Oldaker said that the move to Swindon Town was one that he could not turn down after becoming their second summer signing ...

A driver who allegedly ploughed into a crowd at Liverpool’s victory parade has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder, dangerous driving and drug driving. Merseyside Police Assistant Chief ...

A new cholera outbreak in Sudan has killed 172 people and made more than 2,500 people unwell over the past week, authorities have said.