A luxury cruise ship has set off from a Belfast dock after unexpectedly spending four months in the city ahead of a three-year voyage. Passengers cheered, applauded and hugged the liner’s chief when ...

Hollywood star Tom Cruise and Arsenal football club manager Mikel Arteta were among the guests at a gala fundraising dinner.

Migrants could be housed in hotels for up to three more years because of the asylum backlog, it has been reported. The Times newspaper said on Monday evening that since winning the election Home ...

The Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT) in London is to probe claims that investigative reporters in Northern Ireland were subject to unlawful covert intelligence by the police. The actions of three ...

New analysis has warned the party will need to ‘convince quite different groups of voters the party shares their values’ if it wants to win ...

National Electricity System Operator becomes a public body on Tuesday, and is tasked with advising ministers on plans to decarbonise the power grid.

The ‘cat-sized, tree-climbing members of the weasel family’ have been reintroduced after going extinct in the region more than a century ago.

The wildlife charity and insurance giant said businesses need “clarity and stability” before investing in solutions to restore nature and move away from environmentally-harmful practices. In a joint ...

Campaigners tracked 40 bundles of soft plastic packaging waste through Sainsbury’s and Tesco’s take-back schemes across England over 12 months.

The UK has more international private jet flights to European holiday hotspots than any other country, according to a new study. Environmental charity Greenpeace, which commissioned the research, ...

The regulator has raised the cap from the current £1,568 for a typical dual fuel household in England, Scotland and Wales to £1,717 a year.

Donald Trump has repeatedly spread falsehoods about the US federal response to Hurricane Helene despite claiming not to be politicising the disaster as he toured hard-hit areas in south Georgia.