The intake includes a new partner, two directors, three newly qualified solicitors, seven trainee solicitors, and six additional legal professionals. Deborah Archer has joined as a partner in the ...

The 36-year-old will play Hogwarts professor Gilderoy Lockhart in the HBO adaptation of the children’s fantasy novels by JK Rowling.

This time, after new rules in 2020, if Sinn Féin issued an ultimatum to the DUP, which they’d reject, and then collapsed the charade, the Executive would stagger on for six months. The question is one ...

The north’s private sector returned to growth in July following three months of decline, a new report from Ulster Bank suggests. The latest monthly growth tracker from the NatWest-owned lender ...

Strictly Come Dancing has now announced all of the stars who will take part in the 2026 season. Here is a rundown of who will be putting their best feet forward on the dancefloor in the BBC One ...

Scotland’s Deputy First Minister has spoken of the “hostile times” women in politics face, with Jenny Gilruth claiming social media abuse has become “normalised” for female politicians. She said it is ...

Construction giant Balfour Beatty has hailed “momentum” going into the second half of the year as it improved its cash and profit guidance. Shares in the group lifted higher on Wednesday morning as a ...

An inflatable boat that crossed the Channel carrying a record 230 migrants was “buckling” in the water and could have led to ...

Labour MP Michael Shanks said the timing of Anas Sarwar’s move from Holyrood to the House of Lords had been a ‘surprise’.

Matteo points out towns nestled on the water edge; there’s Varenna, a colourful, slow-paced fishing village, and Menaggio with its lakefront promenade and charming old town. Just beyond the mountains ...

Gavin & Stacey star Melanie Walters has said she is “completely thrilled” to be joining Strictly Come Dancing. The Welsh actress, 64, was the final name announced for the 2026 series, which will start ...

A side comprised entirely of Irish-speakers will take on a team representing the proposed Sikh homeland of Khalistan in an international in Wolverhampton, England, this Saturday.