A “very rare” portrait of Robert Burns has sold for more than 160 times its estimated price of about £500. The picture, painted in the manner of Sir Henry Raeburn, fetched £84,320 (including buyer’s ...

Children harmed by a surgeon at the centre of a large probe should be given interim compensation payments, lawyers have said. Last year, Great Ormond Street Hospital (Gosh) launched a review of the ...

THE Laurie Lee Prize for Writing 2025 has officially opened for entries. Stroud Book Festival has announced that the prestigious award is now accepting submissions from unpublished writers across the ...

Parts of the Duke of Sussex’s appeal against a High Court ruling related to the level of security he is given when he is in the UK will be held in private, the Court of Appeal has ordered.

Northern Ireland Secretary Hilary Benn warned ‘there is an issue in respect to Northern Ireland’ if the EU brings in countermeasures.

Gaming platform Roblox has announced new safety tools which will allow parents to block people from their child’s friend list, as well as block individual experiences on the popular site.

Having decided against saddling his star mare Brighterdaysahead, Gordon Elliott instead relies on Wodhooh, who stretched her unbeaten record to seven in the Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys’ Hurdle at ...

A group of nurses who are challenging their health trust’s policy over allowing a trans colleague to use the female changing rooms at work have attended an employment tribunal hearing.

Jeremy Kyle’s appearance on Kate Garraway's Life Stories aired last night (April 1) - and some viewers took to X (formerly Twitter) to complain.

Potential projects to replace the Grangemouth refinery could be off the ground by 2030 “if not before”, MPs have heard.

Northern Ireland Secretary Hilary Benn has said ‘there is an issue in respect to Northern Ireland’ if the EU imposes retaliatory tariffs on ...

Interim principal at the University Professor Shane O’Neill confirmed that 700 staff members could lose their jobs at the crisis-hit institution.