UK farmers lost £1.19 billion in income from arable crops last year following the extreme wet and stormy weather, official figures show. The Environment Department’s (Defra) farmer income figures, ...

A 20-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a teenager who was an “entirely innocent bystander” was hit by a car which appeared to mount the pavement, police have said. Graphic ...

Heimir Hallgrimsson will send his Republic of Ireland side into friendly battle with Senegal on Friday night with one eye on the forthcoming World Cup qualifying campaign. The Icelander, who is eight ...

Snow Patrol frontman Gary Lightbody will perform one of his first major gigs as an author, in his home town this summer. The event discussing his new book, The Forest Is The Path, is expected to be ...

Sir Keir Starmer welcomed King Abdullah II of Jordan to Downing Street on Thursday amid ongoing conflict in the Middle East. The Prime Minister hailed Abdullah’s “leadership, particularly in the ...

Spring this year had the highest average temperature ever experienced in 126 years of records held by Met Eireann, it has said. This year marked the first spring that was more than two degrees higher ...

Choreographer and director Sir Matthew Bourne has been hailed as a “bringer of joy”, after being awarded the freedom of the City of London. The recognition was for his achievements in contemporary ...

PLANS to extend voting rights to all prisoners in Jersey could come with staffing and cost implications for the Island’s prison service, the Home Affairs Minister has confirmed. In a letter to the ...

A police watchdog has withdrawn gross misconduct proceedings against a former senior Metropolitan Police officer over his handling of false abuse claims made against a string of high-profile figures.

A grandson who rushed to help his 80-year-old grandad after he was fatally injured in an attack by teenagers as he walked his dog has said he is “haunted” by the thought he could have saved him. A ...

The Queen visited what she called “the most beautiful racecourse” and opened a new stand that has been named in her honour. She was at the privately-owned Hexham Racecourse – Northumberland’s only ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is “out of control” and has jeopardised progress towards peace with Russia, it has been claimed in Parliament. The accusation was levelled by Labour former MP ...