Police in Northern Ireland undertook six-monthly trawls of the phone data of “troublemaker” journalists to see if they were in contact with officer sources, a tribunal has heard. Details of what was ...

Hollywood actress and Eurovision Song Contest co-host Malin Akerman has said that she wants to stay in the “loving embrace” of the competition instead of going back to California. The Watchmen star, ...

Kate Forbes has been appointed as John Swinney’s Deputy First Minister as the SNP leader assembles his Cabinet. Ms Forbes had challenged Humza Yousaf for the SNP leadership last year but opted not to ...

A minister has apologised to passengers for the disruption caused by a failure of Border Force e-gates. MP Tom Pursglove also said there is no indication of “malicious cyber activity” behind the fault ...

Mr Panesar has left the Workers Party of Britain eight days after announcing he would stand in the general election.

The number of men living alone last year grew by more than the number of women living alone compared with 2013.

Campaigners have sent a joint letter to political leaders on the day Ofcom publishes its latest draft proposals for enforcing new online safety laws.

The band Elbow is heading to London's O2 Arena as part of their 'AUDIO VERTIGO' tour - check the door times, support act, tickets and more.

A “vulnerable” pedestrian whose manslaughter conviction was quashed after she shouted and waved her arm at a cyclist, causing her to fall into the path of an oncoming car, “should never have been ...

A Russian spy will be expelled from the UK, the Home Secretary has said as he announced a raft of restrictions. Moscow’s defence attache, described as an “undeclared military intelligence officer”, ...

Chief inspector of prisons Charlie Taylor said the number of jail places cannot keep pace with the number of offenders sentenced to custody.

The families of Barnaby Webber, Grace O’Malley-Kumar and Ian Coates said failings by several organisations contributed to their deaths.