A debut novel by a Dutch author has won the 2025 Women’s Prize for Fiction with the judges praising it as “a classic in the making”. Announced at a ceremony held in central London on Thursday, Yael ...

Michael O’Callaghan’s Copacabana Sands remained in good form to the take the Barberstown Castle Stakes at Leopardstown. The three-year-old filly landed the Listed Owenstown Stud Stakes at Naas last ...

The US Defence Secretary was also pressed on his use of the Signal messaging app to discuss military operations.

Representatives of the British and Irish Governments will meet in Co Down on Friday to discuss latest political developments across the islands.

Katie Boulter’s defeat to Diana Shnaider means Raducanu, who beat Rebecca Sramkova 6-4 6-1, will reclaim the top ranking.

Emma Raducanu booked her place in the quarter-finals at Queen’s with a 6-4 6-1 victory over Slovakian Rebecca Sramkova. The 22-year-old will officially become British number one on Monday after Katie ...

George Russell said a ban for Max Verstappen would be justified after insisting his rival’s recent attempts to “scare” him backfired. Verstappen is one point away from being forced to sit out a race ...

A new front door at a main entrance to the House of Lords, that cost nearly £10 million, does not work, it has been disclosed. The project has been described as “a complete white elephant and a ...

The movement of trade between Northern Ireland and Great Britain was one of the main discussions at the East-West Council on Thursday.

Northern Ireland’s police chief Jon Boutcher has warned ‘bigots and racists’ they will be arrested following disorder in Ballymena.

A British man who survived the Air India plane crash has “no idea” how he escaped the aircraft, his relatives have said.

Bipin Joshi, now 25, was among 17 Nepali students studying agriculture in southern Israel during the October 7 2023 Hamas attack that ignited ...