Police have started excavating a section of wasteland behind eight-year-old Kyran’s former family home in Dundalk, Co Louth.

Murdered Brianna Ghey had become “immersed in darkness”, her mother has told the inquest into the teenager’s death. Esther Ghey said, in a statement read to Warrington Coroner’s Court, that when ...

Nationalising water firms would cost up to £100 billion and “not resolve the problems” faced by customers, according to the Environment Secretary. Steve Reed ruled out bringing the companies back into ...

A busy town centre is blocked in both directions after a lorry crashed outside a pub. Emergency services are reported to be in attendance at Tenterden High Street following the collision. The road is ...

The county’s largest local authority is sitting on £105 million of developer money that could be spent on services such as schools.

The Commons heard NHS waiting times in Northern Ireland are the longest in the UK and public services are ‘in crisis’ because of a lack of funding.

Former Gillingham and Dover striker Adam Birchall has earned a big coaching promotion after becoming a ‘key member of the Arsenal family’ ...

Drivers are warned to expect delays after a crash on a busy diversion route. The two-car collision happened on the A255 St Peter’s Road in Broadstairs today. Very slow traffic is reportedly building ...

The ex-soldier said he was in pain from holding himself in an ‘awkward position’ underneath a lorry during his alleged escape from prison.

Three people have been found dead and four people have been taken to hospital after an incident at a Dorset care home, police said. Emergency services are at the scene at Gainsborough Care Home in ...

The allies signed the deal amid concerns about Russia and the prospect of weakened US commitments to European security.

A former neighbour has told jurors that 10-year-old Sara Sharif’s stepmother once slammed the door in her face after the “constant screaming and crying” coming from the flat reached “fever pitch”.