On May 8 1945 the nation celebrated Victory in Europe (VE) Day, as church bells rang out across the country and people gathered to revel in the end of hostilities, and crowds famously gathered outside ...

Charity Open Seas made the allegation more than a year after a decision in its favour at the Court of Session in Edinburgh.

The Monetary Policy Committee voted by a majority of 5-4 to cut interest rates to 4.25%. The Bank also predicted that the UK economy will grow by 1% this year, upgrading its previous 0.75% forecast on ...

Haybe Cabdiraxmaan Nur spoke only to confirm his name, date-of-birth and claim he did not know his address during a hearing before a district judge.

A former Britain’s Got Talent finalist who landed a lucrative record deal with Simon Cowell has been cleared of raping two women. Andrew Johnston, 30, who competed as a singer on the television ...

The GMB, Unite and Unison unions said 80% of members backed strikes while 94% backed industrial action short of strikes in a consultative ballot to be followed by a formal vote, with the figures an ...

RTE director general Kevin Bakhurst has said the issue of Israel’s participation in the Eurovision Song Contest is very complicated. Mr Bakhurst has written to the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) to ...

An art dealer has been charged with offences relating to terrorist financing. Oghenochuko Ojiri, 53, faces eight counts of failing to make a disclosure during the course of business within the ...

The minister was accused of ‘dismissing concerns’ of victims in comments she made during a BBC radio appearance.

Higher education institutions have announced redundancies and course closures over the past year as a result of growing financial pressures.

The 80th anniversary of VE Day is being marked with events across Northern Ireland. Secretary of State Hilary Benn described an opportunity to remember the “huge sacrifice made by that great ...

Black smoke billowed from the Sistine Chapel on Thursday morning, signalling a new pope has yet to be chosen. Cardinals resumed their voting in the secret conclave, having already failed to choose a ...