It was fun on the fairways in Portrush as tens of thousands flocked to the north coast to see the world’s top golfers tee off on the first day of The Open. The crowds included actor James Nesbitt, US ...

Carrying chickens by their legs “causes injury, pain and unnecessary distress”, Adrian Ramsay has warned in a bid to block a law change. The Government has planned to overturn an EU ban on catching ...

Morgan McSweeney is paid between £155,000 and £159,999, according to data released by the Cabinet Office on Thursday. A raft of other senior Number 10 advisers, also known as spads, occupy the next ...

There are parallels between the political conditions which faced Harold Wilson and Sir Keir Starmer’s current challenges.

RESIDENTS in some parts of the borough have had a lucky end to the week after a big win in the People’s Postcode Lottery on Friday morning.

Joseph O’Brien is keen to let Wemightakedlongway have another crack at red-hot Juddmonte Irish Oaks favourite Minnie Hauk at the Curragh on Saturday. The pair met in a Cork maiden last October when ...

A series of strikes have been brought to an end as Scottish Water workers accepted an improved pay offer, but union officials said “staff concerns continue”. Unison said on Thursday that the latest ...

Sandie Peggie has lodged a claim against NHS Fife and Dr Beth Upton, citing four clauses in the Equality Act 2010.

A student has told a jury he feared he would be “battered” to death on the ground by a police officer at Manchester Airport. Mohammed Fahir Amaaz, 20, is on trial at Liverpool Crown Court accused of ...

Resident doctors are willing to “discuss all options” in crunch talks with the Government to avert strike action, the co-chair of the Resident Doctors Committee (RDC) has said. A five-day walkout is ...

Fines for contempt of Parliament need a “statutory footing” to stop witnesses from misleading select committees, an MP has said. Mark Pritchard warned that witnesses “get away with it” if they provide ...