Keri Pegg, former governor of HMP Kirkham, arrives at Preston Crown Court, Lancashire, where she is accused of two counts of misconduct in a public office and one count of possession of criminal ...

A motorcyclist who struck and killed a young woman as she crossed the road has been jailed for 14 years for causing her death by dangerous driving. Christopher Allen, 61, collided with 33-year-old ...

A letter from the cast of River City has been co-signed by 117 stars, including comedian Elaine C Smith, Lorraine McIntosh from Deacon Blue, and actors from Emmerdale and Hollyoaks, as well as Dominic ...

Richard Woods, 40, drove 1.1 miles on the fast lane of the northbound carriageway of the M6 near Tebay, Cumbria, for at least 57 seconds as several motorists had to swerve to avoid him on the ...

Micheal Martin said he is concerned about the impact on investments and jobs in Ireland, the EU and across the world.

A wheel that fell off a passenger plane during a flight from Edinburgh to Belfast “could have fallen on an urban area” if it had happened later in the journey, an accident investigation has found.

Workers at a university set to cut around 700 jobs are to be balloted on strike action, a union has announced. Dundee University has been in the grips of a financial crisis in recent months as ...

David Lammy accused Russia’s Vladimir Putin of “dragging out and obfuscating” efforts to find a peace deal to end the Ukraine war. The Foreign Secretary was speaking at a meeting of Nato counterparts ...

Included in those detained was actor Cem Yigit Uzumoglu, who played Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror in the Netflix docuseries Rise of Empires: Ottoman.

The PA news agency looks at which sectors will be most affected by the plans and what it means for businesses and households.

Police in Northern Ireland have launched an appeal for potential victims of serial rapist Zhenhao Zou to come forward. This week London’s Metropolitan Police Service issued a renewed public appeal via ...

Luton was the UK’s fifth busiest airport last year, with 16.9 million passengers travelling on 132,000 flights.