GfK’s long-running Consumer Confidence Index increased by two points in October – although it still languishes at minus 17.

FOUR people who worked at a care home for the elderly have been sentenced for ill-treating a resident with dementia.

Christmas Island National Park acting manager Alexia Jankowski said on Thursday there were up to 200 million of the endemic ...

Mr Vance’s scathing remark came as his visit to the country wrapped up and Marc Rubio announced he would now travel to Israel ...

Plaid Cymru has defeated Reform UK in a fiercely-fought Welsh Parliament by-election, with defending party Labour trailing in third. Nigel Farage’s party was hoping to win its first seat at the ballot ...

Votes are being counted in the crucial Caerphilly Welsh Parliament by-election after weeks of fierce campaigning by parties hoping to win the Welsh Parliament constituency from Labour. Labour has led ...

Ireland uses a system of transferable votes in elections but – with only three candidates on the ballot – there can only be a maximum of two counts. If the gap between Ms Humphreys and Ms Connolly ...

On Thursday, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer announced an additional £10 million in security funding to protect Muslim communities from hate crimes.

The SNP’s Westminster leader and Aberdeen South MP has urged the Government to act “swiftly” on the issue as the scandal surrounding Andrew’s friendship with the late paedophile Jeffrey Epstein and ...

Heather Humphreys is a Presbyterian who was raised on a rural farm near the border and became a popular minister who made a bid for the Irish presidency. The 64-year-old mother-of-two met her husband ...

The Scottish Affairs Committee also said the Scottish and UK governments should have acted sooner to prepare for job losses at Grangemouth.

An extra 70 sites, from hospitals to mental health facilities, will be able yo install the clean tech to save on bills.