The 77-year-old author was blinded in one eye in the attack and spent months recovering, a process he detailed in a memoir ...

Northern Ireland’s chief constable has said the number of Catholics applying to join police is lower than he would like to see. Around 3,500 applications have been received in the latest recruitment ...

MPs have approved the introduction of paid neonatal leave to provide “support, reassurance and stability” to parents of sick and premature babies. The statutory instrument will provide parents a ...

Israel had signalled on Monday it planned to reinforce defences along the Gaza border. The all-scenario plan was announced during a four-hour meeting between Mr Netanyahu and his Security Cabinet that ...

It was a good day wind wise at Welwyn Garden City Sailing Club and the fleet responded with some excellent racing - even if they had to avoid staying out of the wet stuff. There was a good breeze ...

Twelve Labour MPs and one Green MP are trying to get the Government to consider how to transition parts of the economy to a four-day week.

The Environment Agency said the Ilchester Estates ‘deliberately flouted’ its licence for abstracting water from the Dorset Frome.

Britain declined to back the joint communique because it had concerns about the ‘practical clarity’ of global governance outlined, No 10 said.

Storm Eowyn caused millions of pounds of damage to school buildings across Northern Ireland, Stormont has heard. The storm brought high speed gusts which felled trees and damaged power lines across ...

Potters Bar residents have slammed approved plans to build Europe's largest data centre in South Mimms, describing the decision ...

Members of the NASUWT teaching union in non-academised sixth-form colleges have backed strike action in a fight for a pay increase.

The Princess of Wales has made the promotion of the early years development of children one of the key elements of her public work.