Singer-songwriter Sam Fender’s People Watching is the biggest-selling album to be released this year so far, according to the Official Charts Company. People Watching became Fender’s third number one ...

Discharging patients from hospitals to care homes in the early stages of the coronavirus pandemic was “the least-worst decision” at the time, former health secretary Matt Hancock has said. Bereaved ...

Two 14-year-old boys charged with the attempted rape of a girl in Ballymena have appeared before a judge again. The boys have been charged in connection with an alleged serious sexual assault on a ...

A trio of lynx who were illegally released into the Scottish Highlands earlier this year have been named, following a competition involving school children and charity donors. Caledonia, Cardrona and ...

Patients risk being left in “unnecessary pain” as NHS chiefs force hospitals to introduce minimum waiting times for treatment, health experts have warned. Some local NHS organisations have introduced ...

Ryanair has said it cancelled more than 800 flights last month due to the conflict in the Middle East. The Irish airliner is among those to have cancelled and rerouted flights amid the conflict ...

Angela Rayner has defended Sir Keir Starmer as “doing the job for Britain” as he approaches his first year in office. The Deputy Prime Minister said “there’s been a lot going on” in the 12 months ...

A 28-year-old man has appeared in court charged with the murder of pregnant mother-of-two Sarah Montgomery in Co Down. Zak Hughes, from Ardglen Place in Belfast, was also charged with child ...

Peter Murrell, the former SNP chief executive who is Nicola Sturgeon’s estranged husband, has been granted legal aid. Murrell, who faces a charge of embezzlement, has had an application for solemn ...

US rapper Ye was stripped of a visa to enter Australia after he released his single Heil Hitler, a government minister has said. Home affairs minister Tony Burke revealed that Ye – formerly known as ...

Jarrad Branthwaite has signed a new five-year contract with Everton. The 23-year-old defender arrived at the club from Carlisle in January 2020 and enjoyed loan spells with Blackburn and PSV Eindhoven ...

Bayer Leverkusen have completed the signing of Liverpool defender Jarell Quansah in a £35million deal. The Bundesliga side will pay £30million up front for the 22-year-old centre-back, who started ...