New Zealand is still one of a few countries in the world where sheep outnumber people, but the human population is catching up, according to official figures. The vast number of sheep in New Zealand ...

Queen’s University, Ulster University and The Open University have warned that the current funding arrangements are ‘no longer sustainable’.

The 80th anniversary of VE Day is being marked with events across Northern Ireland. Secretary of State Hilary Benn described an opportunity to remember the “huge sacrifice made by that great ...

An art dealer has been charged with offences relating to terrorist financing. Oghenochuko Ojiri, 53, faces eight counts of failing to make a disclosure during the course of business within the ...

The Prime Minister said the increase in spending to 2.5 of GDP will boost the economy and be felt in the pockets of workers.

Billionaire entrepreneur Mike Lynch and his daughter Hannah were among seven people who died when the yacht sank on August 19.

The online encyclopaedia says the new safety rules could threaten its approach to presenting neutral and reliable information.

Labour was warned there was a “real and present danger” its policies on oil and gas could be “catastrophic” for the industry ahead of last year’s general election, SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn ...

Russia announced a unilateral 72-hour ceasefire to coincide with celebrations in Moscow for the 80th anniversary of victory over Nazi Germany.

US President Donald Trump teased the announcement of a trade deal with ‘highly respected country’ on social media on Wednesday evening.

Safari park staff are “absolutely thrilled” to have welcomed two newly hatched penguin chicks into the world. Blair Drummond Safari Park in Stirling said the Humboldt penguins hatched in April, after ...

Haybe Nur Cabdiraxmaan, 47, from Mickleover in Derby, has been charged with the murder of Gurvinder Singh Johal in Derby.