The UK asylum appeals backlog has almost doubled in a year to hit a new record high, the latest figures show. There were 80,333 cases in the system at the end of December, up from 41,987 at the same ...

Gerry Adams was the “de facto leader” of the IRA, a police intelligence officer has told the High Court. Giving evidence for the civil trial against the former Sinn Fein president, witness B, who ...

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A mother-of-10 who forced a teenage girl to work as a “house slave” for more than 25 years has been jailed for 13 years. Amanda Wixon, 56, subjected the woman to years of abuse at her squalid home in ...

Details of financial support for businesses affected by a devastating fire in Glasgow city centre will be announced “very shortly”, Scotland’s First Minister has pledged. John Swinney said the ...

Package holiday firm On the Beach has flagged a sharp drop in people booking trips to destinations including Turkey, Greece and Cyprus following conflict in the Middle East. The travel group said it ...

The pistes of the Dolomites do not discriminate between Games debutants and veterans who are into their third Games or more. It was a fact Para alpine skier Hester Poole was all too aware of as she ...

NHS England has published its latest monthly performance data for waiting times, A&E treatment and other targets, as well as its weekly snapshot of pressures on hospitals, including patients with ...

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The Princess of Wales showed off her barista skills making a coffee for her husband during a visit to London’s Borough Market – but the brew was turned away for not being decaf. Kate was guided ...

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A WOMAN and a man have been charged with burglary over the reported theft of a washing machine. The charges come following an investigation by officers from Cheshire Police into an alleged burglary in ...