Sir Keir Starmer said allies must “step up” support for Ukraine, as he met the country’s president amid uncertainty about the future of US backing for Kyiv after Donald Trump’s election victory.

The two Extinction Rebellion activists were protesting against proposals for a new power station in Peterhead, Aberdeenshire.

The Irish president has led tributes to broadcaster, writer and musician Kathleen Watkins following her death at the age of 90. Watkins was the first continuity announcer to appear on Telefis Eireann ...

A lorry driver who stabbed his partner’s mother to death in a frenzied drunken attack after she came to her daughter’s aid has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 20 years. Damian Homer, 51, ...

Tributes have been paid to Anna Lo, the first politician from an ethnic minority background elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly, after her death at the age of 74. Alliance Party leader Naomi Long ...

Beinash Batool is on trial, together with Sara’s father Urfan Sharif and uncle Faisal Malik, accused of the 10-year-old’s murder.

The mixed martial arts fighter is facing a civil damages claim by Nikita Hand, who alleges she was sexually assaulted in a hotel room.

Joe Biden said he had spoken to Donald Trump and assured him he would direct his administration to ensure a ‘peaceful and orderly transition’.

The PA news agency looks at the outcome of the Bank of England’s decision, and whether rates will fall again soon.

The abuse spanned five decades and three countries with as many as many as 130 boys and young men victimised, a review found.

Wiltshire Police, which the Dawn Sturgess Inquiry heard is the third smallest force in the country, was also told by counter-terrorism police that they were “not aware” that Mr Skripal was housed in ...

The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) says international datasets show 2024 outstripping 2023’s record heat.