Persistent grey skies and low cloud meant last month was the one of the UK’s dullest Octobers on record, new figures show. The country saw an average of just 63.3 hours of sunshine, the lowest total ...

Former hurling star DJ Carey has been sentenced to five-and-a-half years in prison after a “reprehensible” act of defrauding people by falsely claiming to have cancer.

Police are investigating the incidents as part of the probe into a mass stabbing on a high speed train on Saturday.

The National Association of Head Teachers began legal action against Ofsted in May this year over the new inspection framework.

Sinn Fein president Mary-Lou McDonald said there should be a national focus on the issue, including from the Irish Government.

Counter-terrorism officials could see a record number of referrals under the government anti-extremism scheme Prevent in the wake of the Southport attack. Head of Counter Terrorism Policing Laurence ...

A medieval tower in the heart of Italy’s capital, near the famous Roman Forum ruins, has partially collapsed during work to renovate the structure, seriously injuring at least one worker, Italian ...

Graham Moore, of the English Constitution Party, has launched a legal challenge against the Runcorn and Helsby by-election result.

Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander suggested she would be ‘comfortable’ with ‘high-end’ vehicles not being available through the ...

No migrants have been recorded crossing the English Channel for 11 days, the longest gap so far this year. The most recent date on which people arrived in the UK after making the journey by boat was ...

McDonald's is launching a blank Happy Meal box in partnership with Children in Need as a way to help kids express their emotions ...

Eighty-seven people, including 10 members of staff, were on board the 4.28am service from Glasgow to Euston when it came off the tracks in Cumbria.