Vanuatu’s capital was without water a day after reservoirs were destroyed by a violent magnitude 7.3 earthquake that wrought ...

The sale of the Observer to Tortoise Media has been signed, kickstarting plans to shake up the world’s oldest Sunday newspaper with a new website and daily digital content. The deal will see Tortoise ...

Skinners’ School head of rugby Tristan Sullivan hailed the character of his side after they powered into the last four of the Continental ...

A Russian intelligence agency says it has detained a suspect in the killing of a senior general in Moscow. The suspect was ...

Brendon McCullum admits Jacob Bethell has given England a selection dilemma, leaving vice-captain Ollie Pope battling to keep his spot. Bethell made a compelling first impression during his first Test ...

Of the 500 adult players who completed a University of Edinburgh online survey, 55 were male and 44 were female.

A 15-year-old boy has pleaded not guilty to murdering an 80-year-old grandfather who died after an alleged assault while he was walking his dog in a park near his home. Bhim Kohli died in hospital on ...

Glenn Robert King, 32, of no fixed address in Lurgan, Co Armagh, and Kevin Paul McGuigan, 42, from Annacloy Park in Hillsborough, Co Down, appeared before Newry Magistrates’ Court via video-link on ...

Annual growth in UK house prices and rents has accelerated, with rental price inflation in England and London hitting record highs, according to official figures. The average house price increased by ...

Chief magistrate Paul Goldspring said the Tate brothers had engaged in a ‘straightforward cheat of the revenue’.

Simon Harris and the outgoing Cabinet will remain in their roles for now as a new taoiseach is unlikely to be elected on Wednesday.