Ice skating champions Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean said the news of a damehood and knighthood was the “perfect” way to ...

McClenaghan, from Newtownards in Co Down, becomes an MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) a year after he created ...

SaxaVord on the northernmost inhabited island of Unst is home to the UK’s only licensed ‘vertical launch’ spaceport.

A PROFESSIONAL photographer whose life was saved at Arrowe Park Hospital’s Neonatal Unit has returned four decades later to offer free photographs to families in memory of her mum. Joanna Bray, 40, ...

STRICTLY Come Dancing head judge Shirley Ballas has said she was “surprised” when the show’s hosts announced they would be stepping down ...

As New Year's Eve approaches, millions of UK households are preparing for an evening of fireworks, sparklers, and festive celebrations. However, experts are warning that celebrating the start of 2026 ...

More than 1,100 official files at the Public Record Office in Belfast have been opened to the public under the 20-year rule.

Newly-released files show Downing St officials argued conversations with foreign leaders must remain confidential.

Gerry Adams said his party was ‘deeply concerned’ about proposed new laws to tackle anti-social behaviour in 2004.

A mother who is campaigning for improvements to children’s online safety following the death of her teenage son has spoken of the bittersweet moment she learned she had been made an MBE in the New ...

Idris Elba, Torvill & Dean, Warwick Davis and Sally Lindsay are among the famous faces to have been recognised in the New Year Honours list ...

Author and TV host Richard Osman has said he is “absolutely thrilled” to have been made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE). The game show host, who writes The Thursday Murder Club ...