The first wave of releases began on Thursday, with 700 criminals expected to be freed across the country. One prisoner, dressed in shorts, a T-shirt and trainers and holding his belongings in a bin ...

DUP leader Gavin Robinson said they were ‘goading him’ to collapse the Assembly to ‘hide their own incompetence’.

The Justice Secretary has pledged to defend the judiciary’s independence and be “ambitious” in efforts to reduce Crown Court backlogs as he was sworn in as Lord Chancellor. Alex Norris, the MP for ...

Piers Gilliver believes the European Championships coming to Cardiff can propel the profile of para fencing to even greater heights.

An inquest has been opened into the death of a 19-year-old who died in a crash between two motorbikes on the A605 near Cardea in Peterborough.

Glasgow City Council has said that a pause in the issuing of letters about fire-and-rehire plans to staff has ended after talks with a union broke down. The council last week announced plans to sack ...

The Emmy and Golden Globe-winning Australian actress is best known for playing Diana, Princess of Wales in The Crown.

Israeli passengers on the FlyDubai flight carrying 174 people from the United Arab Emirates to the Israeli city of Tel Aviv ...

Dame Esther Rantzen has left an “incredible legacy” and helped thousands of children through her charity efforts, her former That’s Life! co-star Adrian Mills has said. The broadcaster and campaigner ...

Northern Ireland’s Chief Constable Jon Boutcher is to face questions as the Drumcree stand-off continues. The parading dispute is expected to dominate Mr Boutcher’s monthly appearance at the Northern ...

A man from Duxford, Cambridgeshire, has been charged with firearms offences following a major police operation.

Satellites have shown vast shrinkage of glaciers in places like Greenland and Antarctica over the last half-century or so.