A local council in Northern Ireland has started a probe into a hotel being used to house asylum seekers. Antrim and Newtownabbey Council confirmed that an enforcement investigation has commenced. It ...

Sir Lenny Henry has said the TV industry is “still struggling” to cater for black people when it comes to make up and hair. The comedian, 66, picked up the outstanding achievement award at the ...

The 28-year-old centre, whose last World Cup appearance was in 2017, will start for England at a home tournament the year after both her ...

The ruling came after the judge presiding over the case against Ghislaine Maxwell also turned down the government’s request.

The BBC is “not institutionally antisemitic”, the Observer’s editor-in-chief said following a row over the broadcaster’s coverage of the conflict in Gaza. James Harding said the perception of a ...

Crew members from County Durham and Darlington Fire and Rescue Service are taking part in the Stanhope ten miler, raising awareness for a ...

A man has appeared at court charged after a 'ram raid' at a retail park left a shop front smashed up. The frontage of the sportswear store at Cleveland Retail Park was left smashed in on Monday ...

Air Force One is surely capable of bagging a big sprint before the season is out after his good run in the York opener. He was all dressed up with nowhere to go two furlongs from home, allowing the ...

A bus crash in north-western Afghanistan has killed at least 79 people returning from Iran – including 19 children, an official said. Two people were also injured in the crash, Ministry of Interior ...

At the protest session at Connolly Books on Wednesday afternoon, several artists played Irish traditional music in solidarity with the rappers and Palestine. Musician Ru O’Shea, who performed at the ...

A reverend says “selfish” drivers are disrupting funerals at a Darlington church by moving bollards so they can park.

The malnourished animals were recovered in the in the northern Sallahley district of Somaliland, a breakaway region of Somalia.