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.

The robot operated with the expertise of a skilled human surgeon, according to Johns Hopkins University researchers in the US.

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 ...

Bury and Rochdale are in line to reap the rewards of the huge multi-million pound Simister Island project. On Tuesday, July 8, the government officially signed off on agreeing funding for the major ...

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 police officer has denied he “lost control” in the aftermath of being allegedly assaulted by two brothers at Manchester Airport.

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”. The inquiry was ...

Campaign group Save Wimbledon Park is challenging the decision of the Greater London Authority to grant planning permission for the expansion.

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’.

A sawn-off shotgun has been recovered from a woodland area of Oldham following a weapons sweep. On Wednesday (July 9) morning, officers from Operation Vulcan conducted a sweep located on Oldham Edge, ...