Arts groups are “wheeled out” to project a positive image of Northern Ireland when needed despite being the “worst resourced arts community in Europe”. Ray Giffen, creative director at the Duncairn ...

Jordanian state-run Petra news agency reported that a Royal Jordanian Airlines plane departed for Damascus on a test flight.

House prices dipped by 0.2% month on month on average in December following five months in a row of rises, according to an index. On an annual basis, property prices increased by 3.3% typically, ...

Universal Credit claimants will see their payments automatically increase this year, after the DWP set new benefit rates for 2025.

The inclement weather has caused a second day of school closures in the Aberdeenshire, Moray and Highland council areas.

The latest S&P Global construction purchasing managers’ index (PMI) scored 53.3 in December, down from 55.2 in November.

The Corruption Investigation Office for High-Ranking Officials did not immediately confirm how long the warrant would remain valid.

England wing Immanuel Feyi-Waboso will miss the entire Six Nations because of the dislocated shoulder sustained on club duty for Exeter last month. Feyi-Waboso is to undergo surgery on the joint ...

Paul Scholes says Sir Jim Ratcliffe has done “nothing positive” during his first year at Manchester United and believes ticket price increases show he does not care about the fans.

The Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists’ chief executive Steve Jamieson said he was unaware he had been following the jailed activist.

Tottenham have exercised an option to extend captain Son Heung-min’s contract until the summer of 2026. The 32-year-old’s previous deal was due to expire at the end of the season. Son has scored 169 ...

A man who was arrested after a woman in her 40s was found dead in Tang Hall, York, has been “released with no further action”, police said.