Linfield missed out on a chance to go back to the top of the Carling Premiership as they crashed to defeat at the Ballymena ...

Sixteen-year-old Lydia Playfoot went to the High Court claiming that her school was discriminating against her by not allowing the wearing of a "purity ring". Young people must complete a course ...

Winston Churchill is best remembered for stirring speeches and cigars. But the wartime leader also had a taste for exotic pets - one of which is still going strong. Charlie, a blue macaw bought by ...

Three gang members who murdered a "good citizen" with a samurai sword in revenge after he stood up to them, have been given a total 60 years in jail. Father-of-three Lemy Bullock, 36, had warned the ...

A teenager has been jailed for life for the unprovoked and frenzied killing of a student and an attack on his friend. Michael Lynch, 17, was told he would serve a minimum of 15 years by the judge at ...

The GAA said both parties had agreed that no further statements would be made while this process of discussions remained in ...

The horror movie, which topped the US box office charts, shows backpackers falling prey to a brutal torture ring at the hands of Slovakian women. "I am offended by this film. I think that all Slovaks ...

BBC News explains the northern town riots of 2001, what happened and the reasons why they happened. What were the northern town riots? In the summer of 2001, a number of northern towns in England ...

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They called it "the profession" - and it was one of the hardest jobs in the world to get. Previously secret documents released from deep within the British justice system reveal the rules, ethics and ...

Insults written on a memorial to British war dead in a French cemetery have been deplored in France. One of the slogans used particularly stood out. So why do the French call the British "les rosbifs" ...

Una exposición que reúne obras de Pablo Picasso y esculturas africanas similares a las que las inspiraron se inaugura en Johannesburgo, Sudáfrica. Aquí se ve "Desnudo sentado", de 1908, y una máscara ...