Labour vows to target vandalism with more police on the beat

Shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper promised to put 13,000 police and community support officers in neighbourhood roles.

Former union man John Paul McHugh becomes Scottish Labour general se...

John Paul McHugh worked for the Community union for 15 years.

Sinn Fein TD says he did not intend to ‘drag’ gardai into eviction b...

Justice Minister Simon Harris called the sharing of the image ‘offensive, inappropriate and disrespectful’ to Garda members.

Sinn Fein TD’s eviction tweet ‘cut deep’ with Garda membership, says...

Party leader Mary Lou McDonald defended Eoin O Broin’s sharing of the tweet, saying it was never his intention to ‘have a go’ at gardai.

Man who murdered nine-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel jailed for life

Thomas Cashman, 34, was found guilty last week of murdering the schoolgirl in her home in Dovecot, Liverpool, on August 22 last year.

Teachers in Northern Ireland set for full-day strike on April 26

It represents an escalation from action short of strike which started on Monday over a pay offer.

Channel crossings down 17% in first quarter of the year compared wit...

Amid changeable weather conditions at sea, no crossings have been recorded since March 29.

Man convicted of murdering Olivia Pratt-Korbel refuses to appear for...

Thomas Cashman, 34, was found guilty last week of murdering the nine-year-old.

More than 4,000 notices to quit served in final quarter of 2022, fig...

In more than half of cases, the landlord had issued an eviction notice in order to sell the property.

Coroner criticises PSNI over report in inquests into deaths of Porta...

Marjorie and Michael Cawdery, both 83, were killed at their home in 2017.

Nato countries eye more help for Ukraine, with no peace deal in sigh...

Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said the alliance ‘cannot allow Russia to chip away at European security’.

Red squirrels living apart on Isle of Wight have different genes, re...

Conservationists are attempting to build woodland corridors by planting trees and hedgerows to allow the two sets of the native squirrel to mix.

Man claimed woman fell after selfie attempt went wrong, murder trial...

Kashif Anwar, 29, is accused of murdering his pregnant wife Fawziyah Javed, 31, by pushing her off of Arthur’s Seat in Edinburgh.

‘Starting hormone therapy at menopause onset does not increase Alzhe...

Women are more likely than men to develop Alzheimer’s disease, researchers say.

Dog owners warned over dangers of ‘toxic’ Easter chocolate

Chocolate can potentially be fatal to dogs, leading to fits and death in severe cases.

Trump set to travel to New York for arraignment

The former US president is facing charges stemming from hush money payments during his 2016 campaign for the White House.

Falling energy prices mean Scotland faces higher deficit than rest o...

The think tank said projections were significantly lower than in the autumn.

Three in court charged with murdering man who was hit by van outside...

A second man was also injured in the incident which happened at around 10pm on Saturday.

E-scooter firms pledge to continue UK operations despite Paris ban v...

Dott and Tier said their e-scooters will remain available for use on this side of the Channel.

Sunak fails to back Braverman’s focus on British-Asian grooming gang...

The Prime Minister did not repeat the Home Secretary’s comments singling out British Pakistani men as he announced a crackdown on child sex abuse.