Former hurling star DJ Carey has been sentenced to five-and-a-half years in prison after a “reprehensible” act of defrauding people by falsely claiming to have cancer.

Former footballer and manager Joey Barton “crossed the line between free speech and a crime” with social media posts about broadcaster Jeremy Vine and female television pundits Eni Aluko and Lucy Ward ...

The National Association of Head Teachers sought to proceed with legal action against the watchdog over plans to grade schools through report cards.

Muslim convert Jordan Richardson, 21, started planning an ‘atrocity’, with possible targets including a shopping centre.

McDonald's is launching a blank Happy Meal box in partnership with Children in Need as a way to help kids express their emotions ...

Persistent grey skies and low cloud meant last month was the one of the UK’s dullest Octobers on record, new figures show. The country saw an average of just 63.3 hours of sunshine, the lowest total ...

Police are investigating the incidents as part of the probe into a mass stabbing on a high speed train on Saturday.

A medieval tower in the heart of Italy’s capital, near the famous Roman Forum ruins, has partially collapsed during work to renovate the structure, seriously injuring at least one worker, Italian ...

The National Association of Head Teachers began legal action against Ofsted in May this year over the new inspection framework.

Counter-terrorism officials could see a record number of referrals under the government anti-extremism scheme Prevent in the wake of the Southport attack. Head of Counter Terrorism Policing Laurence ...

More than 150,000 people have been evacuated to safer areas in eastern provinces of the Philippines as a typhoon approached from the Pacific. Authorities have warned of torrential rain, potentially ...

No migrants have been recorded crossing the English Channel for 11 days, the longest gap so far this year. The most recent date on which people arrived in the UK after making the journey by boat was ...