Mr Donaldson was shot dead in Co Donegal in 2006, months after admitting his role as a police and MI5 agent over 20 years.

A person has been arrested on suspicion of arson after a major fire at a First World War airfield. Firefighters tackled the blaze at Old Sarum Airfield in Salisbury, Wiltshire on April 17 after its ...

The head of the Government’s official environment advisors said the expected tight spending settlement will pose ‘big challenges’ for ...

Laila Soueif has been on hunger strike for 242 days in protest against the imprisonment of her son, Alaa Abd El-Fattah.

Low-level delegations from Russia and Ukraine held their first direct peace talks in three years in Istanbul on May 16. The talks, which lasted two hours, brought no significant breakthrough, although ...

Wynne Evans has said he has been dropped by the BBC, following an apology saying that he used “inappropriate language” during the launch of the Strictly Come Dancing tour. The Welsh opera singer, 53, ...

A trial date has been set for the alleged driver of a car that ploughed into a crowd at Liverpool’s Premier League victory parade. Paul Doyle, 53, appeared at Liverpool Crown Court on Friday afternoon ...

Comedian Reginald D Hunter is being prosecuted over alleged antisemitic social media posts, a court heard. The 56-year-old US stand-up is accused of three counts of sending an offensive communication ...

Success came the following season, with James Norwood scoring an 80th minute winner to beat Boreham Wood 2-1 and go back to the Football League, before completing back-to-back Wembley wins 12 months ...

The head of the BBC in Northern Ireland has said the implications of Gerry Adams’ libel victory against the broadcaster are “profound”. Adam Smyth, director of BBC NI, said their legal team had warned ...

A fugitive who is accused of murdering a grandmother while she was out walking her dog took her phone to a town centre three days later and dumped it there to “put the police off the trail”, a court ...

Tom Pett is keeping Wembley in the family this weekend, even if not all of his family can be there to cheer on Oldham Athletic.