A law which guides the Family Court to presume that contact with both parents is usually in the best interests of a child is to be repealed.

Disturbances have flared outside a Dublin hotel used to house asylum seekers. Footage from the scene at the Citywest Hotel on Tuesday evening showed a Garda vehicle on fire. A large crowd has gathered ...

Dangerous drivers who kill should be banned for life to stop “whoops, I killed somebody” guidelines, a Conservative MP has said. Ben Obese-Jecty, the Tory MP for Huntingdon, has called for changes to ...

British troops have been sent to Israel to help monitor a fragile ceasefire in the Middle East following a request from the US. The UK will play an “anchor role” with the deployment of a small number ...

A counter-protest, organised by Stand Up To Racism and a number of local groups, was also expected, police added.

Reform UK MP Sarah Pochin spoke in support of her party’s amendment which would abolish the Sentencing Council. “Sentencing powers should lie solely in the discretion of the judges,” the Runcorn and ...

“From the day we signed the Sharm el-Sheikh agreement, we were determined and committed to seeing it through to the end,” Hamas chief negotiator Khalil al-Hayya, who is in Cairo, told Egypt’s ...

Ayr beauty queen Ava Morgan has passed over her Miss Great Britain crown after the "best experience of my life".

An autism assessment for Southport attacker Axel Rudakubana was delayed by eight months despite a teacher contacting the service to call for help with his diagnosis, a public inquiry has heard.

A Downing Street spokesman said police forces will “get the clarity they need to keep our streets safe” when the review findings are published. He said: “The police should focus on tackling real crime ...

The role is to include oversight of air and water quality, waste management, nature and biodiversity and the marine environment.

The symbolic arrest of an ‘MLA’ was also staged at the front of Parliament Buildings in Belfast by environmental activists.