Shehraz Sarwar was acquitted after a district judge said he could not be sure the 46-year-old intended to cause injury.

British Airways has signed a deal to buy more than £9 million in carbon removal credits in both the UK and overseas as part of a six-year agreement. The airline said the move makes it the largest ...

Business group leaders have said Chancellor Rachel Reeves “hit the right notes” as she sought to lay out a more optimistic vision in her first Labour conference speech in the role. However, industry ...

Octopuses are usually considered to be solitary creatures, but new research suggests they might sometimes socialise with fish in order to share the responsibility of hunting. The findings broaden our ...

A disabled MLA has described a “shambles” after being unable to board a plane. Andy Allen had been travelling from Birmingham home to Belfast at the weekend when his Aer Lingus plane left without him.

A LONG-SERVING teacher said goodbye to Rhu pupils and colleagues as she headed off into retirement. Principal teacher Maureen Air at Rhu Primary drew to a close her 40 years in education with Argyll ...

The new UK Government needs “to do better” in terms of resetting relations with political parties in Northern Ireland, First Minister Michelle O’Neill has said. Ms O’Neill was speaking to MLAs as she ...

The murder of a schoolboy in south-east London is a “stark and sobering reminder of the danger of zombie-style knives” ahead of an incoming ban on them, police say. The 15-year-old was found with a ...

Joanna Johnson started to break down in tears as she told the PA news agency how 50 neighbours turned up at Moreteyne’s Retreat in Marston Moretaine, Bedfordshire, at 8pm on Sunday in response to an ...

At least four migrants died in the eastern Aegean Sea when a small boat bringing them from nearby Turkey sank just off the island of Samos, Greek authorities said. The coast guard said five other ...

Retired members of the Unite union criticised the Chancellor’s decision to cut the payment, saying ‘the poorest among us will die this winter’.

The 27-year-old, of Hove, is on trial at Lewes Crown Court accused of grabbing her wrist and pulling her down to the bottom of the beach in 2022.