The Irish president has led congratulations to the country’s Academy Award winners. Catherine Connolly offered her warmest congratulations to Jessie Buckley and Richard Baneham “following their ...

Toto Wolff is confident Mercedes will avoid a repeat of Lewis Hamilton’s toxic rivalry with Nico Rosberg after Kimi Antonelli emerged as a serious threat to team-mate George Russell’s world ...

Researchers said the breakthrough could lead to a ‘bio-upcycling industry’ that uses waste materials to make things like flavourings ...

There was a “significant increase” in the number of foster carers in the Scottish Borders last year, with senior councillors informed that ...

Aidan O’Brien is still effusive in his praise of Albert Einstein as the highly-touted colt moves into his three-year-old career. Unbeaten in two starts as a juvenile, an injury forced him to miss ...

A school pupil is the second person to have died following an outbreak of meningitis in Kent. The student was in Year 13 at Queen Elizabeth’s Grammar School in Faversham and is understood to have died ...

MEMBERS of the public are invited to a community litter pick to help tidy up a Borders village. Tweedsmuir Community Council is organising a clean up project in the area, set to last two weeks from ...

Stormont’s Finance Minister wrote to the Treasury last week seeking a financial intervention over energy costs.

Rory McIlroy will weigh up whether to play another event prior to his Masters title defence next month after an underwhelming outing at the Players Championship. McIlroy was defending champion at TPC ...

Barry Fitzgerald got the ball rolling in 1945, winning the best supporting actor Oscar for his performance in the musical comedy Going My Way, while Brenda Fricker did likewise in the best supporting ...

London & Valley Water has offered to inject £3.35 billion of new equity and up to £6.55 billion in new debt to rescue the troubled supplier.