A New York resident has admitted he tried to smuggle protected turtles worth more than one million US dollars from the US to Hong Kong by shipping them in boxes labelled “plastic animal toys”.

A community in Co Down has been “shaken and upset deeply” by the attack on a priest and the death of a man at the weekend, Bishop Alan McGuckian has said. Father John Murray was struck on the head in ...

Wildfires burned in parts of Europe on Tuesday as millions of people across the continent struggled to adapt to the new reality: record summer heat.

Fewer students who are receiving their post-16 results this summer met the entry requirements for A-level courses two years ago, Ucas’s ...

The European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites and the European Space Agency are leading the scheme.

James Bubb, who now identifies as a woman named Gwyn Samuels, was violent towards his alleged victim during sex, the court heard.

Rachel Reeves made her first trip to the province as Chancellor, visiting the filmmaking facilities at Studio Ulster in Belfast.

A Labour councillor who called for far-right protesters’ throats to be cut at an anti-racism protest told police the “ill-advised” comments were made “in the heat of the moment”, a court has heard.

Bronwen James, 29, pleaded guilty to one charge of engaging in sexual communication with a child but she denied a total of 11 other offences.

Two thirds of Britons believe the Duke of York should be stripped of his remaining royal titles, according to a new poll. Research by YouGov found that 67% of the public would back the removal of ...

BBC’s File on 4 said patients were left immobile and addicted to painkillers due to issues with the joint replacement.

Tech items, school shoes and school blazers topped the list of items that parents said are the most costly to replace.