Taylor Harwood-Bellis wants to keep making his sport-loving family proud, revealing his dad used to be Stockport’s mascot ‘Vernon Bear’ and that he gets advice from less cuddly future father-in-law ...

A man who died while swimming off the coast of Co Galway has been named as renowned singer-songwriter Johnny Duhan. Taoiseach Simon Harris has led tributes to Mr Duhan, 74, who had written songs ...

The new bombardment on both fronts came as international aid agencies said Israel has missed a US deadline to ramp up aid allowed in to Gaza.

Tributes have been paid to Mr Duhan, 74, who had written songs recorded by artists such as Christy Moore, The Dubliners and Mary Black.

British author Samantha Harvey has become the first woman since 2019 to win the Booker Prize. Her book Orbital, about astronauts looking down at Earth, was named as the winner of the £50,000 prize and ...

Samantha Harvey has become the first woman since 2019 to win the Booker Prize with Orbital, in a record year for female writers. According to the Booker Prize, 36 men and 19 women have won it since ...

The three former detainees said they were subjected to beatings, sexual abuse, forced nudity and other cruel treatment at the prison.

Richard Gittins told Sky News that bishops ‘who kept the stories to themselves’ should now be held accountable.

MPs have defeated an attempt to remove Church of England bishops from the House of Lords, amid suggestions they should focus on ecclesiastical matters rather than trying to “run our country”.

Israel has failed to meet US demands to allow greater humanitarian access to the Gaza Strip, where conditions are worse than ...

England’s players and coaching number two Richard Wigglesworth have had no contact with Felix Jones ahead of Saturday’s clash with South Africa despite his inside knowledge of the Springboks. Jones ...

Mayor Sara Funaro’s cabinet approved a 10-point plan that, among other things, would ban key boxes on buildings in Florence’s historic centre.