The vivid events of 1974 in Northern Ireland have been brought to life in a powerful oral history project. The year that saw the Ulster Workers Council Strike which brought the region to a halt as ...

The Guardian reported that Downing Street is now blocking the ban on outdoor smoking, citing one official who called it an “unserious policy”. The Sun reported that Downing Street was watering down ...

The Defence Secretary has said the UK’s armed forces are not “ready to fight” a war and need to be “more effective” in deterring future aggression against Nato. John Healey told Politico that the UK ...

Edinburgh band Redolent have won the prestigious Scottish Album of the Year (Say) Award for their debut album Dinny Greet. The electronic indie-pop record was described by industry executives as “a ...

Robert Jenrick also said the West should reduce its dependency on China and prepare for China to invade Taiwan ‘within three years’.

The Commonwealth Games are “really important” and must continue beyond the scaled down 2026 event in Glasgow, Sir Keir Starmer has said. A slimmed down programme for the next Games was announced on ...

The issue of reparations for slavery could be included in a document due to be signed off at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting this week, the UK has conceded despite opposition from the ...

Their case has gained new traction in recent weeks after Netflix began streaming the true-crime drama Monsters: The Lyle And Erik Menendez Story.

The film is based on the best-selling novel of the same name by Claire Keegan, about Ireland’s notorious Magdalene Laundries.

The King is expected to speak about the path of history when he delivers a landmark speech to Commonwealth leaders as momentum grows for a debate about slavery reparations. Charles will open a major ...

Argentina’s police have raided the Buenos Aires hotel where former One Direction singer Liam Payne died after falling from a third-floor balcony. A police special investigations unit went to the Casa ...

President Joe Biden is expected to formally apologise on Friday for the country’s role in the Indian boarding school system, which devastated the lives of generations of Indigenous children and their ...