20+ hour, 42+ min ago   (678+ words) The Taoiseach has defended a decision not to describe the situation in Gaza as a “genocide” when meeting US President Donald Trump, arguing he had focused on the delivery of aid. Micheál Martin met Mr Trump in Dublin and Clare…...

23+ hour, 59+ min ago   (450+ words) Civilians were killed and injured overnight as Russia and Ukraine continued to attack each other with waves of drones. Two people died when Ukrainian drones struck Nizhnekamsk, a city in Tatarstan, according to local officials, while Ukrainian authorities reported Russian…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (649+ words) US President Donald Trump is continuing his visit to Ireland after stirring up a diplomatic row hours into the trip by backing Irish unification. Mr Trump started Sunday at his golf resort in the south-west of the country as it…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (451+ words) A referendum on Scottish independence is “not off the table”, a senior minister has said, despite comments from the Prime Minister. Separation from the UK was thrust into the fore again this week after Andy Burnham said in the House…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (638+ words) The boss of the UK’s main air traffic control provider will face a grilling from the Transport Secretary on Wednesday as widespread disruption continues with hundreds of flights cancelled following a technical issue. Flight monitoring website Flightradar24 said 1,300 flights to and…...

5+ day, 15+ hour ago   (616+ words) The boss of an air traffic control provider said he “always” accepts “full responsibility” after a technical issue caused huge disruption to flights. Nats, which provides air traffic control services to 15 UK airports, said in a statement that recovery had…...

6+ day, 20+ hour ago   (347+ words) Residents have been left in shock after a fatal crash in Darcy Lever on Friday evening. The crash, believed to have involved one vehicle hit a tree, was reported on Radcliffe Road at around 10.53pm. Police said at the time that…...

1+ week, 8+ hour ago   (547+ words) A Radcliffe man convicted of rape some 50 years after the offence walked free from court after his prison sentence was suspended. Raymond Vernon, of Riverside Road, Radcliffe, appeared at Bolton Crown Court on Friday, September 4, for sentencing. Vernon, 68, could be…...

1+ week, 21+ hour ago   (745+ words) US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner held “encouraging” talks in Kyiv on Sunday in their first official visit to Ukraine as part of a renewed push to end more than four and a half years of Russia’s full-scale invasion....

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (491+ words) Politicians have condemned anti-illegal migrant protests which blocked the Port of Dover on Saturday. Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds and Reform UK’s Robert Jenrick criticised the demonstrations in which hundreds of masked, black-clad men blocked road access to the Kent port....