A UK aircraft carrier placed under Nato command can be ready for Britain to use at five days’ notice, the Defence Secretary said as he marked it reaching “full capability”.

VOLUNTEERS from North Berwick have joined the fight against plastic pollution, after receiving an inspiring talk about nurdles.

Prime Minister Donald Tusk said the line on the Warsaw-Lublin route is ‘crucially important for delivering aid to Ukraine’.

In September, British and Irish leaders unveiled a joint framework to address longstanding legacy issues in Northern Ireland.

TWO teenagers have been identified and charged in connection with an incident involving a young person in North Berwick on Friday.

Fishermen mending their nets have Biblical connotations. Manual labour, skilled, dedicated with the promise of bounty from the sea; risky, rhythmic and relentless – it takes a certain tenacity to be a ...

Now, an economic impact study conducted by the sports industry research centre at Sheffield Hallam University has calculated that the Open provided £89.2 million to Northern Ireland, of which £43.7 ...

Some 111,084 people applied for asylum in the UK in the year to June 2025, the highest number for any 12-month period since current records began.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was on his ninth visit to Paris since Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022.

BBC chairman Samir Shah has reassured staff US President Donald Trump has “no basis for a defamation case”, over the editing of his speech for Panorama, adding: “We are determined to fight this.” The ...

The utility firm has returned with an improved proposal for Thames, which is in advanced talks with creditors and regulators to secure funding.

The amber alert is in place for the North East, North West and Yorkshire and the Humber, while a yellow alert is in place for the rest of England.