He said that since last summer’s race-related disturbances in the region, the PSNI was being “far more proactive and robust” in response to attacks directed at them. We will pursue them, we'll find ...

A Chinese PhD student who drugged and raped 10 women in London and China has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 22 years. Zhenhao Zou, 28, kept a trophy box of women’s belongings and filmed ...

The code of practice on statutory learning disability and autism training is named after 18-year-old Oliver McGowan.

A fingerprint expert denied she made a mistake in identifying a palm print found at the scene of the rape and murder of a pensioner in 1967, a court heard. Ryland Headley is accused of forcing entry ...

Towering headgear inspired by Jane Austen, recycled creations and even fluttering butterflies were some of the designs worn by racing fans.

South Africa was under a declared state of national disaster on Thursday as the death toll from floods caused by severe rains in the Eastern Cape region rose to 92.

Tributes have been paid to Slane Castle’s Lord Henry Mount Charles, who has died aged 74. He died late on Wednesday after “a long and valiant” battle with cancer, his family said. Since 1981, the ...

Gagandeep Gulati had his sentence for rape increased from six years to nine years at the Court of Appeal on Thursday.

Soroka Medical Centre in the southern city of Beersheba provides services to around one million residents in the south of Israel.

Violence remained “excessively high” across the prison estate last year driven by overcrowding, inadequate mental health support and a surge in drug use, an independent watchdog has warned.

The hottest June temperature recorded in the UK is 35.6C, which was reached in Mayflower Park in Southampton on June 28 1976. The same temperature was also measured in Camden Square in north London on ...

A terminally ill Christian preacher has criticised the “nonsensical” religious argument against assisted dying that suffering must be part of life, as Dame Esther Rantzen urged MPs to pass a Bill she ...