Adolescence writer and co-creator Jack Thorne said teachers’ responses to the hit Netflix series showed “we’ve got a real problem in our country” when it comes to schooling. The four-part series ...

The official said 60,000 reservists will be called up in the coming month, nearly doubling the number of active reservists to ...

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 ...

A bus crash in north-western Afghanistan has killed at least 79 people returning from Iran – including 19 children, an official said. Two people were also injured in the crash, Ministry of Interior ...

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 ...

Street drinking, e-scooters and e-bikes have been banned from Swindon Town Centre, as new signs appear. The signs, which were installed on Monday, August 18, warn Swindon shoppers that a Public Space ...

England have named an unchanged side from their final warm-up game for their Women’s Rugby World Cup opener against the United States in Sunderland on Friday. Red Roses boss John Mitchell has kept ...

A BUSINESS owner from the area is calling for urgent action after a hit and run crash caused £40,000 worth of damage to his office.

Minnie Hauk bids to win a fourth different Oaks in the Pertemps Network-sponsored Yorkshire version on Thursday. Aidan O’Brien’s Frankel filly has been outstanding so far this season, collecting three ...

A former priest who was the leader of evangelical movement the Nine O’Clock Service has been found guilty of sexual offences against nine women. Christopher Brain, 68, from Wilmslow, Cheshire, was the ...

Charlie Hills is eyeing a possible tilt at the Ayr Gold Cup with Trefor following his narrow victory in the opening race of the Ebor Festival at York.

A shoplifter from Swindon who struck at several stores like Tesco, The Post Office and M&S has been spared jail.