The process of nominating a new taoiseach faced an unprecedented day-long delay due to a heated dispute over opposition speaking rights.

Axel Rudakubana, 18, was sentenced on Thursday (Merseyside Police/PA) Southport child-killer Axel Rudakubana is likely to die in jail after being detained for life with a minimum term of 52 years for ...

Joseph Denton, 29, was injured fighting off a knife attacker near Marlowe Way in Croydon, south London (Sam Hall / PA) A man has said he fought off an alleged knife attacker at a Sainsbury’s Argos ...

Calogero Ricotta, 64, denies the murders of his 54-year-old wife Maria Nugara and her 29-year-old son Giuseppe Morreale.

Poor standards of care have been “normalised and accepted as inevitable” in emergency hospital care, a group of experts has warned. Leading medics and patient groups said that the NHS “got the winter ...

Lydia Suffield, 27, denied two counts of stalking involving serious alarm or distress at Isleworth Crown Court on Thursday.

A dance teacher injured in the Southport attack has said Axel Rudakubana’s victims have scars “we cannot unsee”, as survivors gave their harrowing accounts of the day.

Excitement gave way to groans of disappointment in a Belfast bar as fans realised the Irish language rap trio Kneecap would not be gracing the red carpet at this year’s Oscars ceremony.

Elsie’s mother, Jenny Stancombe, had her statement read to the court by prosecutor Deanna Heer KC, in which she described the 18-year-old killer as “cruel and pure evil” and said his attack was “the ...

The mother of a Southport murder victim has said her daughter’s killer was “cruel and pure evil” and that his attack was “the ...

A review into the Loan Charge has been launched, following concerns over the size of liabilities owed by some people affected and their ability to pay tax owed in a reasonable time frame. First ...

A 16-year-old boy has been arrested under the Terrorism Act outside a mosque. On Thursday at around 9am, police apprehended the youth outside the Inverclyde Islamic Centre, Greenock. He remains in ...