US President-elect Donald Trump has chosen representative Elise Stefanik to serve as his ambassador to the United Nations. In a statement announcing his choice, Mr Trump said: “Elise is an incredibly ...

Thousands of people have been forcibly evacuated from 2,500 villages in the northern Philippines as another typhoon ...

A “very busy” flat party carried on until the morning of a shooting that left one man dead and two others injured in south-east London, local residents have said. Police were called just after 10am on ...

Simon Harris has called Michael O’Leary’s comments about teachers who become politicians “crass and ill informed” and said he would have no further involvement in the Fine Gael campaign. The Ryanair ...

The Sinn Fein vice president said she was determined to live up to her pledge to be a ‘First Minister for all’.

After multiple trips to her GP and hospital Claire underwent a biopsy on the 7cm mass that revealed it was a stage four cutaneous malignant melanoma ...

A retired civil servant suffered fatal head injuries when she was blown over by a search and rescue helicopter landing at a hospital, an inquest jury has heard. Jean Langan, 87, had attended Derriford ...

Train operator Avanti West Coast is “making progress” in improving its performance but there is “still more to do”, managing director Andy Mellors said. He told the PA news agency the company must ...

Vivek Gurav says he is behind the world’s largest plogging community – which involves litter picking and jogging.

Mariam Musa enjoyed an esports finals to remember after winning the Football Eseries tournament of last weekend's Womens Esports Finals. The 30-year-old Waltham Forest native, who streams on the video ...

A Covid denier has been jailed for five years after encouraging violence against Professor Sir Chris Whitty on social media. Patrick Ruane, 55, was found guilty at the Old Bailey of two charges of ...

Jonathan Reynolds said he takes ‘ultimate responsibility’ at governmental level for full, fair and prompt redress.