A local council in Northern Ireland has started a probe into a hotel being used to house asylum seekers. Antrim and Newtownabbey Council confirmed that an enforcement investigation has commenced. It ...

The BBC is “not institutionally antisemitic”, the Observer’s editor-in-chief said following a row over the broadcaster’s coverage of the conflict in Gaza. James Harding said the perception of a ...

Hope has been expressed that the Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery (ICRIR) can deliver truth and accountability around the Shankill bomb. Two men bereaved in the ...

At the protest session at Connolly Books on Wednesday afternoon, several artists played Irish traditional music in solidarity with the rappers and Palestine. Musician Ru O’Shea, who performed at the ...

A bus crash in north-western Afghanistan has killed at least 79 people returning from Iran – including 19 children, an official said. Two people were also injured in the crash, Ministry of Interior ...

A police officer who was shot by a man with a crossbow said he lost so much blood that his colleagues were “covered” in it. On Wednesday, a sentencing hearing at Aylesbury Crown Court heard police had ...

RESIDENTS affected by a "ferocious fire" in Essex have now returned to their homes after being evacuated to temporary accommodation.

NEIL Harris insists he was not concerned when his Cambridge United side fell behind at Colchester United. Cambridge recovered from the setback of conceding in the 13th minute to Arthur Read's strike ...

The Ballydoyle runner bounced back from Derby disappointment to win a pulsating renewal of the Eclipse in early July, coming from an unpromising position to somehow grab victory from the jaws of ...

Minnie Hauk bids to win a fourth different Oaks in the Pertemps Network-sponsored Yorkshire version on Thursday. Aidan O’Brien’s Frankel filly has been outstanding so far this season, collecting three ...

MSP Colin Smyth has been arrested and charged in connection with possession of indecent images, prompting his suspension from Scottish Labour. The South Scotland MSP was arrested on Tuesday and is due ...

ESSEX fire service has issued a statement after residents claimed crews took more than 20 minutes to arrive at a house fire in Bradfield Heath.