The jury in Gerry Adams’ libel action against the BBC has entered its second day of deliberations. The former Sinn Fein leader alleges a BBC Spotlight programme, and an accompanying online story, ...

Comedian and actor Russell Brand has pleaded not guilty to charges of rape and sexual assault. The 49-year-old appeared in the dock at Southwark Crown Court on Friday flanked by two officers, where he ...

The Russian captain of a container ship that crashed into a US oil tanker in the North Sea has pleaded not guilty to manslaughter. The Solong’s master, Vladimir Motin, 59, of Primorsky, St Petersburg, ...

Comedian and actor Russell Brand has pleaded not guilty to sex offence charges including rape and indecent assault.

There were 64,680 house sales in April – 64 lower than the 177,440 reported in March, according to estimates from HMRC.

HMS Lancaster had stalked the drug-runner’s boat for more than 24 hours after illegal operations were spotted by the warship’s drones.

Swizzels has announced two new flavours of its popular Squashies sweets are being launched in time for summer. The sweet maker often treats its customers to new flavours of Squashies and this time, ...

Schools and the NHS are “not over that hurdle” of unsafe concrete, a minister has said. Catherine McKinnell also said ministers cannot “fix everything overnight” when asked how much of the maintenance ...

Ashirie Smith was given a minimum of 17 and a half years for the ‘serious, sustained’ attack on Mahir Abdulrahman at HMP Fosse Way.

An EastEnders character is set to return to the BBC soap after eight years but there's a huge twist and fans think it's the 'perfect' time.

Going ahead with welfare reforms will drive more people into homelessness, a number of major charities have warned the Government. Shelter and Crisis are among the signatories to a letter to the Work ...

A New Zealand flag printed with the words “please walk on me” and placed on the floor of an art gallery has once again been packed away following a public outcry, 30 years after protests forced the ...