The announcement came hours after a political opponent criticised him for arming unofficial groups of Palestinians in Gaza.

Representatives of the South Antrim GAA handed a letter for Hilary Benn in at Erskine House in Belfast city centre on Thursday.

It is becoming difficult to work out the government’s direction of travel. Perhaps next week’s long term spending review will bring some clarity, although today’s by-election to the Scottish ...

Sent straight to the front by Shane Foley, the Marc Chan-owned Green Impact saw off his long-time pursuer Azada before then being challenged by Currawood, but had kept enough up his sleeve to prevail ...

Millie Bright has had minor knee surgery the day after withdrawing from selection for this summer’s European Championship. The Chelsea defender announced on Wednesday that she would not be available ...

Lois Boisson ran out of juice as her incredible French Open run was halted by Coco Gauff. France’s Boisson, the world number 361, sent shockwaves around Roland Garros by becoming the first wildcard to ...

Three major junctions on the A167 in Newton Aycliffe - Rushyford Roundabout, Central Avenue, and Ricknall Lane -have been upgraded and are now ...

Peers have asked ministers to tweak a 105-year-old law to let young people work on heritage railways, before there is “no-one” with a memory of steam trains on main lines.

Search teams wound down the operation in Atalaia, near Lagos, Portugal, on Thursday, after three days of scouring scrubland and abandoned structures.

The chairman of Reform UK has quit, saying working to get the party elected was no longer “a good use of my time”. Zia Yusuf’s decision follows a row in which he described a question to the Prime ...

The Princess Royal has brought her charities together at a special Buckingham Palace forum after deciding it was the only way she wished to mark her forthcoming 75th birthday.

Liberal Democrat John Milne said there were ‘alarming parallels’ with the systemic failure which led to the west London tower block fire.