Singer Olly Alexander has said he “knew” he would not win the Eurovision Song Contest when he competed for the UK last year.

Former top civil servant Baroness Sue Gray has been appointed to serve on Queen’s University Senate. Dr Feargal McCormack was also announced as a pro-chancellor at the Belfast university, while Anna ...

Sir Keir Starmer has gathered senior ministers for an urgent Cabinet meeting on Gaza. It comes as the Prime Minister faces renewed pressure to recognise Palestine as a state immediately and after he ...

Actor James Nesbitt has said he was “honoured” to receive a companionship from Sir Paul McCartney at a Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (LIPA) graduation ceremony.

The First Minister said the US President made his views clear during their dinner but did not press him to back new drilling.

The US president promoting Scotland is a “good thing” regardless of his politics, the leader of Scottish Labour has said. Anas Sarwar has been consistently outspoken about Donald Trump, accusing him ...

A gunman who killed four people at a Manhattan office building was trying to target the headquarters of the National Football League (NFL) but took the wrong lift, according to New York City mayor ...

Ronan Hughes was jailed for 20 years in 2021 for the manslaughter of 39 Vietnamese nationals found in a vehicle in Essex in October 2019.

Indie band The Wombats, who met while studying at the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts, were also honoured.

Leo was mobbed by hundreds of influencers, their mobile phones hoisted high to stream the encounter, when he arrived at St Peter’s Basilica.

The impact of fewer releases was partly offset by the success of major films including Paddington In Peru and Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy.

The England Women’s football team have lifted their European Championships trophy outside Buckingham Palace as thousands joined in the celebrations of their dramatic victory.