A glass of milk a day cuts the risk of bowel cancer by almost a fifth, according to the largest study of its kind.

Pope Francis has denounced the “scourge” of child labour and other abuses suffered by children, saying anyone who harms or exploits a child will have to answer to God. Francis dedicated his first ...

The former New York City mayor owes £118 million dollars to two Georgia election workers after he was found to have defamed them.

A man has been arrested in Spain after a body was found in the hunt for missing Belfast man John George. The 37-year-old, from west Belfast, also known as John Hardy, had been on holiday in Alicante ...

Thousands of people remain without power during a bitter cold spell across Ireland. The entire island was under weather warnings coming into Wednesday morning, with temperatures as low as minus 6C ...

The mercury is set to drop sharply, with lows of minus 15C possible in Scotland and northern England overnight on Thursday.

Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg will serve as the country’s interim leader while the far-right Freedom Party attempts to put together a new coalition government, the president’s ...

The former defence secretary said it was ‘absolutely’ essential the Afghanistan Inquiry got definitive answers over whether murders took place.

A SCRAP metal fire has broken out in Birmingham with firefighters dealing with the blaze. Seven firefighting crews were deployed to a recycling plant off Landor Street at around 10.15pm last night.

A yellow warning for ice is in place from the Met Office for some areas of the UK today, but temperatures are expected to rise by Sunday and into next week. Next Monday (January 13) it is predicted to ...