Russia’s ambassador to the UK has partly blamed Britain for Ukraine’s recent drone attacks. The British Council has meanwhile been barred from returning to Russia, as tensions between Moscow and the ...

Another ex-girlfriend who claims Sean “Diddy” Combs abused her has given evidence about allegedly being subjected to drug-fuelled sex marathons orchestrated by the hip-hop mogul. Combs was warned by ...

Kemi Badenoch will say she is “increasingly of the view” that the UK should withdraw from an international human rights treaty, as she announces plans for an investigation into leaving it. The ...

Polls have closed in the Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse by-election. Counting is expected to start imminently at South Lanarkshire Council’s headquarters in Hamilton, with the SNP hoping to hold on ...

Hampshire claimed their second win of the Vitality Blast on Duckworth-Lewis-Stern after rain brought an early end to play against Surrey. The visitors had reached 63 without loss from 8.2 overs when ...

By Lindsay Ash BEFORE you start reading this column I think it is only fair to say that it “contains language and attitudes ...

British Palestinians with starving family members in Gaza are urging the Government to take tougher action on Israel. At a press conference in London on Thursday, the group called on the Government to ...

Classical singer Lesley Garrett has joined the Northern Ireland Opera’s revival of Follies, after her cancer surgery. Garrett will play Heidi Schiller in Stephen Sondheim and James Goldman’s musical ...

Antrim Gaels have urged Northern Ireland Secretary Hilary Benn to honour promises made around the building of Casement Park. It comes as long-awaited plans for the redevelopment of the now derelict ...

A woman has been charged with the murder of Izabela Zablocka, who disappeared 15 years ago. Ms Zablocka came to the UK in 2009 from Poland and was living in the Normanton area of Derby, but lost ...

BBC Radio Scotland presenter Bryan Burnett has announced that he will be taking a break from his presenting role following a cancer diagnosis. The broadcaster, 59, announced on Thursday that he would ...

Peers have asked ministers to tweak a 105-year-old law to let young people work on heritage railways, before there is “no-one” with a memory of steam trains on main lines. Labour’s Lord Faulkner of ...