A British comedian has been forced to apologise after postponing her entire UK tour. Laura Smyth announced the decision on ...

Three gunmen barged into a small house in an impoverished neighbourhood in South Africa and opened fire on a group enjoying a party inside, killing at least 11 people including a pregnant woman, ...

The Omagh Bombing Inquiry has heard evidence about more than 20 “key individuals” identified as part of investigations into the atrocity. Several of those named have terrorist convictions or have been ...

Maree Todd said the Scottish Government must work ‘harder and faster’ amid the flood of power synthetic drugs.

The Co-op has confirmed job cuts as part amid a plan to save £200 million as it revealed widened losses following a tumultuous start to the year.

Andy Burnham has stood by his warning that Britain should be less “in hock” to the bond markets, saying the country’s high level of borrowing has left it “over-exposed” to global shocks.

Russia has hammered Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, with drones in daylight attacks, hours before Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was due to address world leaders at the UN General Assembly.

Sandie Peggie has said a union representative “was not taking it as seriously as I was” when she was placed on special leave after objecting to sharing a changing room with a transgender medic, an ...

The sculpture on the banks of the River Lagan has become a tourist favourite but it was damaged at the weekend.

Hurricane Polo has grown into one of the most powerful Pacific cyclones in decades and was expected to skirt Mexico’s south-western coast as a Category 5 storm.

Weight-loss jabs like Mounjaro have led to a rise in people needing extra holes in their belts, the chief executive of Timpson has said. In a message on X, James Timpson said: “You can tell Ozempic ...