More than 50,000 migrants have arrived in the UK after crossing the English Channel since Labour won the 2024 general election. Home Office figures showed 474 migrants arrived by small boat on Monday.

A community in Co Down has been “shaken and upset deeply” by the attack on a priest and the death of a man at the weekend, Bishop Alan McGuckian has said. Father John Murray was struck on the head in ...

Wildfires burned in parts of Europe on Tuesday as millions of people across the continent struggled to adapt to the new reality: record summer heat.

Detectives believe Aimee Betro had a determined and settled intention to kill even before she flew to the UK to join her partner’s murder plot. Speaking after Betro was convicted of conspiracy to ...

The European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites and the European Space Agency are leading the scheme.

Nicola Sturgeon has told how she went for counselling for the first time after breaking down in tears while giving evidence to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry – with the former first minister saying she was ...

A US woman whose gun jammed while she was disguised in a niqab during a failed assassination attempt in Birmingham has been found guilty of conspiracy to murder. Aimee Betro flew to the UK before she ...

The 45-year-old US citizen claimed to be in love with co-conspirator Mohammed Nabil Nazir, who joined her on a road trip after the bungled shooting.

A man in his 40s is thought to have died after being hit over the head with a large stone during an altercation on the Isle of Sheppey.

Rachel Reeves made her first trip to the province as Chancellor, visiting the filmmaking facilities at Studio Ulster in Belfast.

The former Scottish first minister said she did not know if the Harry Potter author would be willing to take part in a debate with her.

EastEnders star Balvinder Sopal has has been announced as the fifth contestant for the upcoming series of Strictly Come Dancing.