A long-awaited Stormont plan to target poverty has been criticised as “underwhelming”. Communities Minister Gordon Lyons launched an extended 14-week public consultation on the Executive’s ...

Russia has in recent months stepped up its aerial attacks. It launched almost 500 drones at Ukraine on June 10 in the biggest overnight drone bombardment of the war. Russia also pounded Kyiv on April ...

Poundland has announced plans to close 68 stores and two UK warehouses as part of a restructuring plan after being sold to investment firm ...

A man has admitted murdering and decapitating his 21-year-old girlfriend before texting her mother pretending to be her and searching for internet pornography.

ARTHUR FERY laid down a marker at the LTA's Lexus Nottingham Open with a landmark victory over former world No.9 Fabio Fognini.

Planning has begun for the next census of England and Wales, with the survey expected to take place in 2031. A census of the population has been held regularly since 1801, typically every 10 years, ...

The UK Government should expand the grooming gangs scandal inquiry to cover Scotland, the shadow Scottish secretary has said. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer announced a probe after initially ruling ...

DAN EVANS stunned world No.13 Frances Tiafoe to become the first Brit to book his place in the second round of the LTA’s HSBC Championships ...

Flight AI159 was planned to depart Ahmedabad, India, at 1.10pm local time on Tuesday, and arrive at Gatwick airport at 6.25pm BST.

Energy firm Utilita is to pay around £277,000 in compensation after failing to pay its Warm Home Discount payments on time, Ofgem said. The regulator found Utilita – which supplies 800,000 customers – ...

THIEVES have stolen a number of items from a shed in a Cotswold town - including an axe and a ride-on lawn mower. The burglary took place on Broadway Road in Winchcombe just before 11pm on Sunday ...

The Justice Secretary has described measures proposing to decriminalise abortion as “extreme” as she outlined her opposition ahead of a vote by MPs. Amendments likely to be debated on Tuesday are ...