Astrophysicist Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell, 81, originally from Lurgan, Co Armagh, who as a doctoral student discovered the first radio pulsars in 1967, is to be made a Companion of Honour, and ...

Actor Idris Elba has unveiled a commemorative stone from Mobo at a London college that helped him “dream bigger” as a student. On Friday, Elba, 52, who hails from Hackney, and is most known for his ...

The Who frontman Sir Roger Daltrey has said he is “very humbled” to be made a knight bachelor in the King’s Birthday Honours for services to charity and music. Sir Roger, 81, who launched and curated ...

A couple who set up a charity in memory of their daughter who was killed in Afghanistan have dedicated their OBE to women there. John and Lorna Norgrove said they were honoured and surprised to be ...

Tuesday’s jackpot will be an estimated £208 million and would be the largest prize awarded in the UK, National Lottery operator Allwyn said.

A paramedic, a doctor and other NHS staff have been honoured for their role in responding to the Southport attacks.

Zaheera Nanabawa said Akeel Nanabawa, his wife Hannaa Vorajee and their four-year-old daughter Sara Nanabawa would be missed ‘tremendously’.

The Scottish Conservative leader is to give his keynote speak to his party conference in Edinburgh on Saturday.

The partner of an Irish politician who was detained in Egypt has called on Ireland’s Foreign Affairs Minister to make a statement on the matter.

Gerry Adams took the BBC to court over a 2016 episode of its Spotlight programme, and an accompanying online story, which he said defamed him.

The two leaders spoke on Friday evening, as western nations began a diplomatic flurry to calm the burgeoning conflict.

The Police Service of Northern Ireland is seeking the public’s assistance in identifying four men as part of a probe into disorder in the region.