Rachael Maskell said pressing ahead with the welfare reform Bill risked leaving “such a stain” on her party, as she urged ministers to scrap a proposed change to the out-of-work element of universal ...

Contractors are “on standby” to remove a loyalist bonfire in south Belfast which has sparked concern, a Sinn Fein MLA has said. Legal action is also understood to be planned against the towering pyre ...

Christian Horner was reduced to tears when he announced to his Red Bull staff that his two-decade spell as team principal had been terminated. The 51-year-old was effectively sacked from his role by ...

ACTION is being stepped up to tackle County Lines criminals in Keighley and across other parts of the region. A week of action resulted in 28 arrests and the seizure of drugs, cash and weapons.

A former PE teacher has appeared in court charged with 13 sexual offences against three children. Bronwen James, 29, of Chippenham, Wiltshire, appeared at Salisbury Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday ...

Outgoing Palace shareholder John Textor has an interest in French club Lyon, who qualified for the same competition.

The British and Irish Lions are sweating on the fitness of Blair Kinghorn as they face the possibility of losing another full-back to injury. Kinghorn took a bang to his knee early in the Lions’ 36-24 ...

Iga Swiatek smashed through her grass ceiling as she reached the Wimbledon semi-finals for the first time. The 24-year-old, a four-time French Open champion, swept aside Liudmila Samsonova 6-2 7-5 on ...

The US Masters champion took a few weeks off after finishing in a tie for sixth at the Travelers Championship last month.

Anita Rose, 57, had been out on a morning dog walk in Brantham, Suffolk when she was set upon by 56-year-old Roy Barclay.

Vocalink says it processes more than 90 of salaries, 70 of household bills, and 98 of state benefit payments in the UK.

A former employee at a Fife children’s home has told the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry (SCAI) that allegations of abuse made against him by former residents are “absolute nonsense”.