- Brexit
- Six Nations
- Children's Hospital
- Climate change
- European and local elections
- Derry Airport closure
- Donald Trump
- EU Commissioner
World
4 hours, 34 mins agoThree British MPs plan attempts to delay Brexit if withdrawal deal rejected
Amber Rudd, Greg Clark and David Gauke say Brexiteers will only have themselves to blame if the UK’s departure from the EU is delayed.
35 mins agolatestTommy Robinson protesters gather ahead of BBC demonstration
The former English Defence League leader is holding the protest in response to BBC programme Panorama’s investigations into him.
1 hour, 22 mins agolatestDozens die after drinking tainted alcohol in India
The workers consumed the tainted liquor laced with methyl alcohol, a chemical that attacks the central nervous system.
2 hours, 28 mins agolatestPolice chase collision leaves elderly couple dead
Scotland Yard said police officers spotted the van being ‘driven erratically at speed’ which failed to stop.
4 hours, 54 mins agolatestSudan declares state of emergency as president disbands Cabinet
A heavy security crackdown has left scores of protesters dead. At least 57 people have been killed since December.
5 hours, 26 mins agolatestLib Dems to make fresh bid for second Brexit referendum
Vince Cable said his party would ‘once again this week seek to secure cross-party support’ for a People’s Vote.
5 hours, 26 mins ago latestR Kelly arrested and held in custody following sex abuse charges
The 52-year-old singer was driven to the station in a dark-coloured van with heavily-tinted rear windows.
5 hours, 26 mins agoCorbyn says he has ‘huge support’ from voters after nine MPs quit
The party leader will take a sideswipe at Labour MPs now sitting alongside former Tories who backed austerity.
14 hours, 12 mins agoVenezuela power struggle turns to music at aid concert
The concert aims to pressure President Nicolas Maduro into allowing the delivery of emergency food and medicine.
14 hours, 34 mins agolatestTrump vows veto as Democrats try to block emergency order
The move has accelerated a showdown in Congress.
15 hours, 45 mins agoMan nicknamed Jihadi Jack wants to return to UK from Syria
Jack Letts left the UK for Syria in 2014.
17 hours, 19 mins agoCorbyn denies Labour has ‘wide scale’ bullying problem after ninth MP quits
Ian Austin says anti-Semitism has been allowed to ‘flourish’ under Mr Corbyn’s leadership and he is unfit to be prime minister.
17 hours, 22 mins agoR Kelly charged with 10 counts of sexual abuse
The charges come after years of allegations directed at the singer.
18 hours, 39 mins agolatestEx-Labour MP suspended over Jewish community comments faces new row
Jim Sheridan accused Finance Secretary Derek Mackay of “raping councils for cash” in a social media post.
19 hours, 20 mins agoOwner of Super Bowl champions New England Patriots charged with soliciting prostitution
Police in Florida have charged the owner of NFL side the New England Patriots with soliciting prostitution.
19 hours, 57 mins agolatestAaron Campbell: Teenager unmasked as the killer of schoolgirl Alesha MacPhail
The 16-year-old abducted, raped and murdered six-year-old Alesha MacPhail last summer.
20 hours, 43 mins agoLabour moving towards support for second Brexit referendum – McDonnell
Britain's Shadow chancellor John McDonnell said he would back Remain if there was another referendum.
21 hours, 10 mins agoBritish police officer denies skipping work for ‘lashings’ of Chinese food with lover
Essex Police detective constables Sharon Patterson and Lee Pollard are accused of concealing evidence.
21 hours, 18 mins agoRichard Branson reveals Venezuela aid concert hopes
The Virgin chief said he hoped soldiers would disobey the country’s president and allow aid shipments to pass the border.
22 hours, 45 mins agoReport into cause of Sala plane crash to be released on Monday
Argentine footballer Emiliano Sala had just signed for Cardiff City from French club Nantes for £15 million when the plane crashed into the Channel.
22 hours, 49 mins agoAlesha MacPhail killer named after judge lifts identity restriction
Aaron Campbell could not previously be identified because he is under 18 but judge Lord Matthews has lifted that restriction.
23 hours, 11 mins ago7.5-magnitude earthquake hits southern Ecuador
A powerful 7.5-magnitude earthquake has struck southern Ecuador close to the country's border with Peru.
23 hours, 28 mins agoWatch: Motorbike and wheelbarrow used to create makeshift ski lift
Alishah Farhang came up with the novel idea for enthusiasts hitting the slopes in Afghanistan.
1 day agoWatch: Hundreds of Zenit St Petersburg fans welcome team bus with flare salute
Supporters lined the street leading up to the Gazprom Arena for the vibrant display.
1 day agolatestHillsborough pitch like ‘battleground’ after crush, victim’s mother tells court
Dolores Steele’s 15-year-old son Philip was one of the 96 people killed in the disaster in April 1989.
1 day agoJudge to consider lifting ban on naming 16-year-old killer of Alesha MacPhail
The 16-year-old has been found guilty of raping and murdering the youngster on the Isle of Bute last summer.
1 day ago latestVatican summit on sex abuse focuses on accountability
Pope Francis has summoned 190 bishops and other senior church figures.
1 day agoMay urged to take on hardline Eurosceptics amid warnings of further defections
The European Research Group of Tories should be ‘dealt with’, former minister Phillip Lee said.
1 day agoNinth Labour MP quits over 'culture of extremism, anti-Semitism and intolerance'
Another British Labour MP has quit the party over allegations of anti-semitism within its ranks.
1 day agoUpdate: Theresa May warned of Tory revolt to block no-deal Brexit
Theresa May has been warned she could face a mass revolt of Conservative MPs if the country appears on course for a no-deal Brexit.
1 day agoIsrael flying to moon after SpaceX launch
The Beresheet mission could not afford its own rocket so opted for a ride share.
1 day agoAustralian jailed for killing six in Melbourne car rampage
‘Your actions were both callous and cowardly,’ the judge said.
1 day agoJapanese spacecraft touches down on distant asteroid
The asteroid is 170 million miles from Earth.
1 day agoUmunna is ‘obvious’ candidate to lead UK's Independent Group, says Allen
Former Labour shadow business secretary Chuka Umunna was tipped by ex-Tory MP Heidi Allen.
1 day agolatestShamima Begum’s family asks Home Secretary to help bring newborn son to UK
The letter to Sajid Javid said the baby boy was a ‘true innocent’.
1 day agoTwo women accuse R Kelly of sexual misconduct in 1990s
The women joined lawyer Gloria Allred in New York City on Thursday.
1 day agoBrexit Secretary holds ‘productive’ talks after Juncker expresses no-deal fears
Stephen Barclay is to meet EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier again next week.
1 day ago latestUS teenager to sue over coverage of encounter with Native American
He is also threatening legal action against The Associated Press and other news organisations.
1 day agolatestLawsuit over HBO’s Michael Jackson documentary
HBO did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the lawsuit.
1 day agoJudge imposes gag order on Trump confidant Roger Stone
The judge had already issued an order limiting comments in the case.
1 day agoScottish teen's abduction, rape and killing of girl, 6, described by judge as 'wickedest, most evil' crime
Update: A 16-year-old boy faces a life sentence after being found guilty of the “bestial” rape and murder of a six-year-old girl while she visited her grandparents on holiday.
1 day agoMother found guilty of cruelty over child’s car seat death
The defendants had previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to pervert the course of justice.
1 day agoScientists shed light on ‘seeing’ through others’ eyes
New research sheds light on the science behind perspective.
1 day agoPolar bears play with ice cubes as rangers replicate Arctic conditions
Nobby, Nissan, Pixel and Victor can be seen frolicking at Yorkshire Wildlife Park.
1 day agoEmpire actor Jussie Smollett staged attack to promote his career, say police
The 36-year-old is accused of filing a false police report.
1 day agolatestSnow in Sin City as Las Vegas gets a dusting
The National Weather Service said Las Vegas’s half an inch of snow was the first measurable snow since record keeping started in 1937.
1 day ago latestSwedish teenager leads Belgian students on seventh climate march
Greta Thunberg has become her generation’s voice on climate change after inspiring students around the world to go on strike to express their anger.
1 day agoLatest: Jeremy Corbyn criticises Javid for revoking Shamima Begum’s citizenship
The British teenager, who joined Islamic State’s self-proclaimed caliphate in Syria, said she wanted to return to the UK with her newborn son.
1 day agolatestPeople with genetic disease at greater risk of sun damage, study finds
Scientists hope a newly designed molecule will be used in sun cream to help protect patients from harmful UVA rays.
1 day agolatestPope demands bishops act now on abuse as victims speak of pain
Pope Francis opened a landmark sex abuse prevention summit by warning senior Catholic figures that the faithful are demanding concrete action against predator priests and not just words of condemnation.
2 days agoMay facing ‘very serious opposition’ in Europe over bid to reopen Brexit deal
Latest: Romanian ambassador to the UK Dan Mihalache told MSPs the mood was not ‘very positive in some political circles in Brussels’.
2 days agolatestJapanese spacecraft to attempt landing on distant asteroid
During the touchdown, Hayabusa2 will extend a pipe and shoot a pinball-like bullet into the asteroid to blow up material from beneath the surface.
2 days agoBritish sisters who died in Vietnam tragedy were not acting recklessly – parents
Sisters Izzy Squire and Beth Anderson died while taking part in a water-sliding activity in 2016 with their friend Christian Sloan.
2 days agoMay’s Tory party ‘destroying itself’ claims breakaway MP
Sarah Wollaston is one of three MPs who quit the Conservatives to join the new Independent Group – and there is speculation more could follow.
2 days agoBritish political parties braced for further defections to Independent Group
Former British prime minister David Cameron made a last-minute appeal for Tory MPs not to quit the party.
2 days agoShamima Begum: The story so far
Key questions about the 19-year-old’s case answered.
2 days agoBrothers in Smollett case ‘manned up’ to correct story, says lawyer
Gloria Schmidt said the two men had accepted money from the Empire star and wanted to come clean.
2 days agoUS says Alabama woman who joined Islamic State is not citizen
US president Donald Trump said on Twitter that he was behind the decision stopping the woman returning to the country.
2 days agolatestFire in Bangladeshi capital Dhaka kills at least 70 people
About 50 other people were injured in the blaze in Dhaka.
2 days ago‘Magic bullet’ drug effective against hard-to-treat breast cancer, says expert
The drug that is designed to home-in on cancer cells could change clinical practice, says study leader.
Most Read in World
Australian jailed for killing six in Melbourne car rampage
‘Your actions were both callous and cowardly,’ the judge said.
Aaron Campbell: Teenager unmasked as the killer of schoolgirl Alesha MacPhail
The 16-year-old abducted, raped and murdered six-year-old Alesha MacPhail last summer.
Theresa May to be met in Brussels by huge billboard to remind her that she supported remain
Theresa May will be met with a 132-square-metre reminder she supported Remain on her visit to Brussels on Wednesday evening after a British activist group paid for a huge advertisement in the city centre.
Man nicknamed Jihadi Jack wants to return to UK from Syria
Jack Letts left the UK for Syria in 2014.
Mother found guilty of cruelty over child’s car seat death
The defendants had previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to pervert the course of justice.
Shamima Begum’s family asks Home Secretary to help bring newborn son to UK
The letter to Sajid Javid said the baby boy was a ‘true innocent’.
Alesha MacPhail killer named after judge lifts identity restriction
Aaron Campbell could not previously be identified because he is under 18 but judge Lord Matthews has lifted that restriction.
Snow in Sin City as Las Vegas gets a dusting
The National Weather Service said Las Vegas’s half an inch of snow was the first measurable snow since record keeping started in 1937.
Download our app
