AN alleged high-risk violent offender accused of attacking his partner was denied bail today - after directing an obscene hand gesture at the judge. A BELFAST man appeared in court yesterday accused ...

All schools in Glasgow will close for two days this month, while five other councils are also likely to be affected.

“They’re massive shoes to fill,” admits Belfast-born actor Niall Wright of stepping into a part once played by Liam Neeson. The 34-year-old stars in Channel 4’s new adaptation of A Woman of Substance, ...

The former Belfast headquarters of the Department for Infrastructure could be turned into a new city centre hotel under plans lodged by its new owners. The proposal for the 147,000 sq ft Clarence ...

In the third biggest UK National Lottery win of all time, one lucky player matched all five category main numbers, plus the two lucky star numbers.

A wealthy businesswoman arrested after suspected drugs and a rifle were seized from her family home in south Belfast could allegedly be operating an international money-laundering network, the High ...

A former Stormont Sinn Féin minister has branded a British government legacy body “discredited”. Policing Board member Deirdre Hargey commented after Irish foreign affairs minister Helen McEntee said ...

Children should be banned from using social media as part of an effort to get them back in to nature, Harry Potter actor Warwick Davis has said as he was made an OBE by the Prince of Wales at Windsor ...

Award-winning comedian Emer Maguire delivered a stand-up show with a difference this week, as she performed her signature musical comedy routine for patients and staff at the Marie Curie hospice in ...

Nine swimmers will compete for Ireland across four days of competition at the upcoming Para Swimming World Series event in Barcelona, Spain. The World Series provides an important international racing ...

Gerry Adams “bears both the prize and the burden of being the last prominent Provisional IRA leader”, a former member has told the London High Court. Shane Paul O’Doherty, who was jailed for 14 years ...

Lord Peter Mandelson was handed a £75,000 taxpayer-funded payout to terminate his contract as the UK’s ambassador to the US, newly released documents show. Emails contained within an initial batch of ...