Music stars Taylor Swift and Oasis, great sporting moments at the Euros and the Olympics, and what felt like an almost entirely rainy year, influenced consumer spending this year. Here is a ...

Tony Blair attempted to amend a Gerry Adams statement on IRA disarmament, newly unsealed documents show. On April 27 2003, then-Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams gave a lengthy address on the ...

The Northern Ireland Office (NIO) should have done more to offer protection to murdered solicitor Rosemary Nelson, a top official accepted “in hindsight”, according to newly released documents. Mrs ...

The Northern Ireland secretary knew for “some months” ahead of a hugely controversial police raid at Sinn Fein’s offices, according to newly unsealed records. On October 4 2002, a large number of PSNI ...

A man in his 30s has given his stem cells twice in the space of a decade to help save the lives of two people, becoming one of just 0.7% of donors to do so. Brad Green, from Sheffield, was inspired to ...

Tony Blair established the Bloody Sunday Inquiry, following campaigns from the victims of the 1972 shootings on the streets of Londonderry.

The billionaire’s control of X, formerly Twitter, has helped him expand his impact offline over the last 12 months.

New research has found that 32 of men are planning to forego booze next month amid concerns for their fitness, mental health and finances.

A political row between the Tories and Nigel Farage’s Reform Party leads Friday’s front pages. The i and The Daily Telegraph focus on comments from Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch, who has accused ...

McCall was beaten to the top prize by Frankie Goes To Hollywood singer Holly Johnson as the voice of Nutcracker, while the episode also featured Strictly Come Dancing judge Motsi Mabuse as Turkey ...

Two sailors taking part in the Sydney to Hobart yacht race have died at sea amid wild weather conditions. The Cruising Yacht Club of Australia (CYCA) in Sydney, which administers the race, said that a ...

Residents have been left in shock after two women died and two others were seriously injured in a suspected stabbing in Milton Keynes on Christmas Day. A 49-year-old man from the Buckinghamshire city ...