Competition for the most selective sixth forms would be ‘fiercer’ after the VAT change on private school fees, one education expert said.

William Saliba has vowed to give everything to ensure fourth time’s a charm as perennial runners-up Arsenal attempt to finally get their hands on the Premier League trophy. Mikel Arteta has ...

The 28-year-old centre, whose last World Cup appearance was in 2017, will start for England at a home tournament the year after both her ...

At the protest session at Connolly Books on Wednesday afternoon, several artists played Irish traditional music in solidarity with the rappers and Palestine. Musician Ru O’Shea, who performed at the ...

The BBC is “not institutionally antisemitic”, the Observer’s editor-in-chief said following a row over the broadcaster’s coverage of the conflict in Gaza. James Harding said the perception of a ...

Hope has been expressed that the Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery (ICRIR) can deliver truth and accountability around the Shankill bomb. Two men bereaved in the ...

A police officer who was shot by a man with a crossbow said he lost so much blood that his colleagues were “covered” in it. On Wednesday, a sentencing hearing at Aylesbury Crown Court heard police had ...

A Helston business says it “strongly disagrees” with the town council’s decision to issue a one-year ban on them trading in the street ...

MSP Colin Smyth has been arrested and charged in connection with possession of indecent images, prompting his suspension from Scottish Labour. The South Scotland MSP was arrested on Tuesday and is due ...

The Ballydoyle runner bounced back from Derby disappointment to win a pulsating renewal of the Eclipse in early July, coming from an unpromising position to somehow grab victory from the jaws of ...

Nicola Sturgeon has said her “political instinct” is to back a united Ireland. However, the former Scottish first minister insisted the issue of Northern Ireland’s future is for people there to decide ...

A midwife is bringing an employment claim against a hospital trust she worked for after it lodged a Prevent referral with police over her online support for Palestine and criticism of Zionism, her ...