The men were convicted of sexually exploiting two girls in the town in Greater Manchester between 2001 and 2006.

First Minister Michelle O’Neill has denied there is a crisis in the powersharing government at Stormont. The Sinn Fein vice-president had called on Communities Minister Gordon Lyons of the DUP to ...

On Friday a majority of MPs approve a new clause to ensure medics cannot raise the topic of assisted dying with under-18s.

An anti-Islam terrorist who attacked officers with Molotov cocktails and a hatchet outside a police station has been jailed for life and ordered to serve a minimum of 22 years in prison.

A man and woman have been found dead in a tent beside a loch with suspected carbon monoxide poisoning. The bodies of the 55-year-old man and 47-year-old woman were found on the east side of Loch Awe, ...

Grand National-winning rider Patrick Mullins ticked off another course on his mission to conquer Britain when victorious at Chester on Friday.

JULIE Derron is hoping to make more good memories in Canada when she takes on the latest T100 Triathlon World Series race in Vancouver.

TWO people have been charged after raids in Basildon as part of a police probe into 15 business burglaries which caused thousands of pounds in damage ...

Andrew Dighton, who attacked officers outside a Welsh police station, had been referred to an anti-terror programme a year previously.

An Irish politician has said he is among several people detained by Egyptian authorities while on a march to Gaza. Paul Murphy, a TD (MP) with People Before Profit-Solidarity, is among a large group ...

ONE lane remains closed on the A127 after a car fire on the major road near Basildon. The lane is closed between the A132 in Nevendon and A176 at Noak Bridge after a car burst into flames earlier this ...

The NHS has said it is “actively planning” around an expected population boom in one of Essex’s fastest-growing areas ...