The latest decrease is the largest numerical drop for any 12-month period and the ONS said the decline has been driven by falling numbers of people coming to work and study in the UK. Long-term ...

Marian Beattie’s body was found at the bottom of a quarry after she attended Hadden’s Garage in Aughnacloy, Co Tyrone, on March 30 1973.

Record floodwaters on Australia’s east coast have left two people dead and two others missing, officials said, as more heavy rain was forecast in the area. More than 500 people were rescued in the ...

The New York Times reported that a plane carrying eight deportees, in violation of a court order by a federal judge in Boston, stopped at Shannon Airport in Co Clare this week. The judge had barred ...

Prosecutors say there is ‘no basis to withdraw’ pending warrants for Mr Netanyahu and former defence minister Yoav Gallant amid an ...

A 44-year-old man has been arrested and charged following the discovery of a cannabis cultivation in Dunfermline. Around 9.50am yesterday (Wednesday), officers acting under warrant attended a property ...

Foreign Secretary David Lammy has condemned the “appalling” killing of two Israeli embassy staff members in Washington DC. The victims, a man and a woman, were leaving an event at the Capital Jewish ...

R&B singer Chris Brown has said he will go “from the cage to the stage” after he was freed on bail following a charge over an alleged bottle attack at a London nightclub two years ago. The US musician ...

The 38-year-old leader of the hard-right Alliance for the Unity of Romanians had conceded defeat on Sunday after losing in the runoff to Nicusor Dan, the Bucharest mayor who obtained 53.6% of the vote ...

Exploring chemical castration for sex offenders is “worthwhile” as a way to reduce reoffending, the head of the independent sentencing review has said.

It is understood that a number of investment firms and private equity groups are among those to have tabled proposals to buy the business.

Sir Keir Starmer had been expected to attend a virtual ceremony alongside representatives from the Mauritian government to sign off on the deal.