Low-level delegations from Russia and Ukraine held their first direct peace talks in three years in Istanbul on May 16. The talks, which lasted two hours, brought no significant breakthrough, although ...

Firefighters from Cornwall were called into action yesterday evening after a sunbed caught fire at a business premises in St Austell. Two crews from the St Austell Community Fire Station attended the ...

Thornton was arrested by police in Camborne after residents complained their vehicles were being interfered with.

The court heard how he allowed them access to hazards with the potential to cause harm, including rubbish, plastic, old machinery, scrap, sharp projections, and broken fencing. This was contrary to ...

A trial date has been set for the alleged driver of a car that ploughed into a crowd at Liverpool’s Premier League victory parade. Paul Doyle, 53, appeared at Liverpool Crown Court on Friday afternoon ...

The head of the BBC in Northern Ireland has said the implications of Gerry Adams’ libel victory against the broadcaster are “profound”. Adam Smyth, director of BBC NI, said their legal team had warned ...

Minister for Defence Simon Harris described the incident in southern Lebanon on Thursday as ‘reckless, intimidatory, totally unacceptable’.

Tears fill the eyes of Richard Satchwell as he appeals to his wife of 27 years to contact him, three months after she had allegedly disappeared from their home in Youghal, Co Cork.

Wynne Evans has said he has been dropped by the BBC, following an apology saying that he used “inappropriate language” during the launch of the Strictly Come Dancing tour. The Welsh opera singer, ...

Comedian Reginald D Hunter is being prosecuted over alleged antisemitic social media posts, a court heard. The 56-year-old US stand-up is accused of three counts of sending an offensive communication ...

Laila Soueif has been on hunger strike for 242 days in protest against the imprisonment of her son, Alaa Abd El-Fattah.

Comedian and actor Russell Brand has pleaded not guilty to charges of rape and sexual assault. The 49-year-old appeared in the dock at Southwark Crown Court on Friday flanked by two officers, where he ...