The head of the BBC in Northern Ireland has said the implications of Gerry Adams’ libel victory against the broadcaster are “profound”. Adam Smyth, director of BBC NI, said their legal team had warned ...

Low-level delegations from Russia and Ukraine held their first direct peace talks in three years in Istanbul on May 16. The talks, which lasted two hours, brought no significant breakthrough, although ...

Minister for Defence Simon Harris described the incident in southern Lebanon on Thursday as ‘reckless, intimidatory, totally unacceptable’.

Jessi Ngatikaura, star of The Secret Lives Of Mormon Wives, has said the women who feature in the series want to show “that we are just normal people.” The first season of the hit reality series ...

Comedian Reginald D Hunter is being prosecuted over alleged antisemitic social media posts, a court heard. The 56-year-old US stand-up is accused of three counts of sending an offensive communication ...

Wynne Evans has said he has been dropped by the BBC, following his apology for using “inappropriate language” during the launch of the Strictly Come Dancing tour. The Welsh opera singer will no longer ...

Tears fill the eyes of Richard Satchwell as he appeals to his wife of 27 years to contact him, three months after she had allegedly disappeared from their home in Youghal, Co Cork.

A fugitive who is accused of murdering a grandmother while she was out walking her dog took her phone to a town centre three days later and dumped it there to “put the police off the trail”, a court ...

Llandrindod Community Events, which acts as co-ordinators of the Big Battle, alongside Fuelled by Cake, added its disappointment. “Unfortunately, due to low team entries, the Big Battle has been ...

Laila Soueif has been on hunger strike for 242 days in protest against the imprisonment of her son, Alaa Abd El-Fattah.

Around one in 29 public transport users in London do not pay the correct fare, figures show. Transport for London (TfL) said 3.5% of passengers across its network evade fares, costing it £130 million ...

Richard Satchwell, who had described himself as quiet and overweight, was said to have called Tina his ‘trophy wife’.