The Major Individual Awards worth up to £15,000 are being presented by the Arts Council of Northern Ireland with National ...

Five people have been arrested on suspicion of murdering a taxi driver who was shot dead 30 years ago in what police called an “execution”. Ethsham Ul-Haq Ghafoor, aged 26 and known to his friends and ...

It comes after Lord Patten announced that he would be retiring after more than 20 years in the historic position.

London-listed company Pennon said the incident in Brixham, south Devon, cost it £16.3 million, contributing to deepening first-half losses.

The former Big Brother presenter has had surgery to remove a colloid cyst, a type of rare fluid-filled benign tumour in the brain.

The luxury carmaker warned underlying earnings would be lower than forecast this year, at between £270 million and £280 million.

Eight addresses are being searched including the Kurdish Community Centre in Haringey, north London, which will remain closed for up to two weeks.

The World Health Organisation’s (WHO) regional director-elect for Africa has died while receiving medical treatment in India, Tanzania’s parliament speaker said. Plans to repatriate the body of Dr ...

BBC Gardeners' World star Monty Don says he was 'rushed' to hospital at the weekend and has had to cancel some tour dates, in a video on Instagram.

Domestic abusers will face tougher restrictions from Wednesday with the launch of new court orders to keep them away from their victims.

Irregular sleep patterns increase the risk of conditions such as stroke, heart failure and heart attacks, a recent study has found.

A 25-strong shortlist of images taken from entries to the Wildlife Photographer of the Year contest is being put to a public ...