James ‘Jim’ Wren survived the sinking of HMS Repulse in December 1941 after it was torpedoed in the South China Sea.

It took 20 months to hit the milestone under Rishi Sunak’s premiership compared with 13 months under Sir Keir Starmer.

Nicholas Rossi was extradited from Scotland to the US in January 2024 after a lengthy case in the Scottish courts.

More than 50,000 migrants have arrived in the UK after crossing the English Channel since Labour won the 2024 general election. Home Office figures showed 474 migrants arrived by small boat on Monday.

A community in Co Down has been “shaken and upset deeply” by the attack on a priest and the death of a man at the weekend, Bishop Alan McGuckian has said. Father John Murray was struck on the head in ...

A voice coaching session with James Bond star Sir Sean Connery was “one of the more surreal episodes in my life”, Nicola Sturgeon has said. She initially thought the famous Scottish actor might be ...

Wildfires burned in parts of Europe on Tuesday as millions of people across the continent struggled to adapt to the new reality: record summer heat.

Fewer students who are receiving their post-16 results this summer met the entry requirements for A-level courses two years ago, Ucas’s ...

A sergeant was on patrol when he ‘stepped on an anti-personnel landmine planted by the Cambodian side’, the Thai army said.

A US woman whose gun jammed while she was disguised in a niqab during a failed assassination attempt in Birmingham has been found guilty of conspiracy to murder. Aimee Betro flew to the UK before she ...

The manager of a community bike shop in Newtown says he is "very disappointed" after thieves broke in and stolen.

The 45-year-old US citizen claimed to be in love with co-conspirator Mohammed Nabil Nazir, who joined her on a road trip after the bungled shooting.