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Contractors are “on standby” to remove a loyalist bonfire in south Belfast which has sparked concern, a Sinn Fein MLA has said. Legal action is also understood to be planned against the towering pyre ...

Plumber Sean O’Meara, 36, was wearing a gas-mask and body armour when he was shot and seriously injured by a police officer on Monday night ...

The robot operated with the expertise of a skilled human surgeon, according to Johns Hopkins University researchers in the US.

A five-year-old boy who died after an allergic reaction at school was accidentally exposed to cow’s milk protein – probably from his own bottle, an inquest jury has concluded. Benedict Blythe, who was ...

A former employee at a Fife children’s home has told the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry (SCAI) that allegations of abuse made against him by former residents are “absolute nonsense”.

The governor of the US state of Texas has said at least 161 people are still missing days after flash floods killed more than ...

Campaign group Save Wimbledon Park is challenging the decision of the Greater London Authority to grant planning permission for the expansion.

Rachael Maskell said pressing ahead with the welfare reform Bill risked leaving “such a stain” on her party, as she urged ministers to scrap a proposed change to the out-of-work element of universal ...

Resident doctors will go on strike for five consecutive days later this month in their dispute with the Government over pay, the British Medical Association (BMA) has said. Announcing strike dates ...

A manhunt has been launched after a "violent attack" left a teen in hospital. The incident took place at around 9.50pm last night, July 8, in Renton, where an 18-year-old man was seriously assaulted.

Campaigners, school children and grandparents were among those calling for MPs to give the crisis the ‘precedence it needs’.