A former prison officer accused of stirring up racial hatred on social media has told a jury he did not back a “call to arms” in the wake of the Southport attacks and regarded last summer’s riots as ...

British actor Tom Hardy has paid tribute to his “lovely friend”, cinematographer Dick Pope, following his death aged 77. Announcing news of his death, the British Society Of Cinematographers said in a ...

Murdered Brianna Ghey had become “immersed in darkness”, her mother has told the inquest into the teenager’s death. Esther Ghey said, in a statement read to Warrington Coroner’s Court, that when ...

Northumbria Police confirmed Jason Laws was the second person to die in a blast in Benwell, Newcastle, on October 16.

Sports broadcaster Hazel Irvine and casting director Des Hamilton are to be recognised with Outstanding Contribution awards from Bafta Scotland. They will receive the honours at the Bafta Scotland ...

All-out war erupted in Lebanon last month after Israeli strikes killed Hezbollah’s top leader, Hassan Nasrallah, and most of his senior commanders. Israeli ground forces invaded southern Lebanon ...

Three people have been found dead and four people have been taken to hospital after an incident at a Dorset care home, police said. Emergency services are at the scene at Gainsborough Care Home in ...

The Commons heard NHS waiting times in Northern Ireland are the longest in the UK and public services are ‘in crisis’ because of a lack ...

Police have started excavating a section of wasteland behind eight-year-old Kyran’s former family home in Dundalk, Co Louth.

The ex-soldier said he was in pain from holding himself in an ‘awkward position’ underneath a lorry during his alleged escape from prison.

Sione Tuipulotu has been handed the Scotland captaincy for next month’s autumn series. Gregor Townsend has appointed the Glasgow centre to the role ahead of Rory Darge and Finn Russell, who skippered ...

The Luxmuralis sound and light installation, Poppy Fields at the Tower of London, will run for nine nights, from November 8-16, including Remembrance Day. A field of poppies projected onto the White ...