Irish actor and comedian, Brendan O’Carroll, has said the storylines for Mrs Brown’s Boys are “based on true events”. O’Carroll, 69, who is best known for playing the menacing matriarch, Agnes Brown, ...

There were concerns about Williamson’s fitness after she rolled her ankle in extra time of Thursday’s last-eight shoot-out victory over Sweden.

The Israeli government is “tarnishing” its reputation by ignoring calls from Britain and other nations for an end to the Middle East war, David Lammy has warned, after it dismissed international ...

Changes are to be made to the compensation scheme for victims of the infected blood scandal, officials have announced following a heavily critical report on the way people were being compensated.

James Bisgrove has shattered a new transfer record after the former Rangers chief executive sanctioned a mega-money deal. Italy international Mateo Retegui has officially completed his €65m move from ...

Malcolm-Jamal Warner, the actor who played teenage son Theo Huxtable on The Cosby Show, has died aged 54 in an accidental drowning in Costa Rica, authorities there said. Costa Rica’s Judicial ...

The cost of policing protests outside a hotel in Essex believed to be housing asylum seekers has reached £100,000, police said. Eight police officers were injured following what started as a peaceful ...

We delve into the archives this week to look at the tricky subject of political cartoons and when artists take them just that bit too far.

The Environment Secretary described supply and sewage infrastructure as being ‘critical for housing development’.

TWO women who were charged under the Terrorism Act after a van was driven into the fence of an Edinburgh defence factory have been released on bail ...

Celtic could be tempted into striking a bargain with cash-strapped Le Havre, with the French club admitting they're 'losing money'. Jean-Michel Roussier, the club's president, admits their asking ...