Lord Harrington, now a non-affiliated peer, apologised for miscalculating the period he had to give notice for jobs he took up after leaving office.

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 ...

The robot operated with the expertise of a skilled human surgeon, according to Johns Hopkins University researchers in the US.

A five-year-old boy who died after an allergic reaction at school was accidentally exposed to cow’s milk protein – probably from his own bottle, an inquest jury has concluded.

Care home residents have been inundated with mail from around the country after a social media campaign to “send a smile”.

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”. The inquiry was ...

The document builds on other investigations by international and Israeli human rights groups and the United Nations.

Crews also in airboats, along with hundreds of volunteers, are part of one of the largest search operations in Texas history.

Campaign group Save Wimbledon Park is challenging the decision of the Greater London Authority to grant planning permission for the expansion.

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 ...

Resident doctors will go on strike for five consecutive days later this month in their dispute with the Government over pay, the British Medical Association (BMA) has said. Announcing strike dates ...

Campaigners, school children and grandparents were among those calling for MPs to give the crisis the ‘precedence it needs’.