The new leader of Northern Ireland’s Department of Health says there is potential for the region to have one of the best health systems in the world. Mike Farrar took up the position of permanent ...

A farmhouse on the estate of the former family home of Diana, Princess of Wales has been “burnt down by vandals”, her brother said. Earl Spencer said he was “stunned” to learn that a farmhouse was ...

The 53-year-old man, from West Derby, Liverpool, remained in custody on Wednesday after officers were granted further time to question him on suspicion of attempted murder, dangerous driving and drug ...

The Government has set out proposals to cut red tape and for planning decisions to be shifted away from councillors and towards expert officers.

A 74-year-old former surgeon who raped hundreds of victims over more than two decades has been given the maximum sentence of 20 years in prison by a French court. Joel Le Scouarnec was found guilty of ...

Jamaal Darbasie, 27, and George Manton, 19, both from Harlow in Essex, were stopped at Glasgow Airport in March 2024.

RTE director general Kevin Bakhurst has said he was “infuriated” by the reaction to the filming of a promotional clip. He said the cost of filming the promo came out of RTE’s annual two million euro ...

Survivors of the Nottingham attacks, who suffered life-changing injuries, have written to local MPs to create a “powerful voice on the national stage” amid the public inquiry into the fatal incident, ...

Summarising Lady Harding’s written evidence, counsel to the inquiry Sophie Cartwright KC, told the hearing that amid low take-up of self-isolation when the support system came into place in September ...

Prosecuting a man for burning the Koran is “tantamount to reintroducing a blasphemy law” in the UK, a trial heard.

AN AYRSHIRE care home nurse who caused harm to vulnerable residents has been struck off. The decision was taken by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) following a hearing into the conduct of ...