Delivering a united Ireland would be the “most fitting tribute” to former senior IRA man Brendan “Bik” McFarlane, mourners in Belfast have heard.

Northern Ireland Secretary Hilary Benn has insisted no financial offer will be made to paramilitary groups to persuade them to end violence.

From April 1, stamp duty will become more expensive for some home-buyers. Under the changes, the current “nil rate” band for first-time buyers will reduce from £425,000 to £300,000, while other ...

Tributes have been paid to a “beloved” mother found dead at a property in a South Wales village along with a man. The bodies of Natalie Jones, 39, and a 47-year-old man were discovered on Hirwaun High ...

The Equality and Human Rights Commission has contacted the Scottish Government following a high profile employment tribunal centred on the issue.

A woman has admitted committing fraud to complete UK citizenship tests on behalf of 13 applicants. Josephine Maurice appeared at Snaresbrook Crown Court via video link from HMP Bronzefield where she ...

A homegrown terrorist who planned to shoot a Christian preacher in London’s Hyde Park has had an appeal against his sentence dismissed at the Court of Appeal.

A 15-year-old boy racially abused an 80-year-old man while kicking and punching him to death in a park to “let his anger out” before falsely claiming the pensioner had threatened a girl with a knife, ...

Alexander Westwood used his ‘minor celebrity status’ to abuse two of his five victims, Wolverhampton Crown Court was told.

Kyle Shaw, 37, pleaded guilty to stalking Ballas, 64, causing serious harm or distress, between August 31 2017 and November 29 2023.

Scotland’s social care and mental wellbeing minister has promised action will be taken at a mental health facility at the centre of cruelty allegations. Skye House in Glasgow was the subject of a BBC ...

The RSPCA said the Government should consider alternatives to legislation banning specific breeds, warning the approach ‘fails to reduce dog bites’.