A conversation on why children find it so easy to take a life is “desperately needed”, an MP has said, following the fatal stabbing of a 12-year-old boy earlier this week. Conservative MP Ben ...

Micheal Martin has received the backing of the Irish parliament to be nominated as the country’s next premier. Parliamentarians voted 95 to 76 in support of the nomination of the Fianna Fail leader, ...

AN APPEAL has been launched to try to help high school pupils on their first steps into the world of work. Knox Academy is looking for businesses who can offer work placements for pupils. Robert Flood ...

A sale of Jeff Beck guitars and other items from his collection have sold for a total of £8.73 million at auction. More than 130 guitars along with amps and pedals from the guitarist’s almost ...

Hundreds of schools will close and police have warned people not to travel in the areas affected by a rare red “danger to life” high wind weather warning issued for parts of Scotland on Friday.

Ed Miliband has said he will not resign if the Government backs a third runway at Heathrow. The Energy Secretary, who has vocally opposed the west London airport’s expansion in the past, told the PA ...

Keys saved a match point before winning in a final set tie-break while Sabalenka saw off close friend Paula Badosa.

Downing Street said the move to soften non-dom reforms does not ‘change the overall approach’ to the Government’s policy.

German Derby hero Palladium made successful start to his career over hurdles with a workmanlike victory at Huntingdon. Nicky Henderson’s charge became the most expensive jumps horse ever bought in ...

A man has been arrested after five people were injured following a suspected stabbing near an Asda store in Croydon, south London. Police were called to Marlowe Way in Beddington on Thursday morning ...

Maros Sefcovic, a senior European official, said the trade bloc ‘could consider’ the UK joining the Pan-Euro-Mediterranean Convention.