Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was discharged from hospital on Sunday after undergoing surgery to stop a brain bleed. The 79-year-old president appeared at a press conference on Sunday ...

Police have launched a murder inquiry following the “brutal and senseless” death of a woman in Co Down. The victim, who suffered a head injury, has been named as Karen Cummings, 40. Two men have been ...

Fat Tony has alleged he was left with facial injuries after an incident where he was hit at a gig. The DJ and podcaster, real name Anthony Marnoch, who performed on Friday at Lido Margate in Kent, ...

For two weeks in December, 66 Christine Avenue becomes Santa's Garden - a Christmas lights display that takes up the entire front and back garden of the house. Mick and Norma Gale organise and prepare ...

Israel has said it will close its Dublin embassy, accusing Ireland of “crossing every red line”. Foreign minister Gideon Saar announced the closure in a statement due to the “extreme anti-Israel ...

Albums of family snaps – some showing the ex-president posing in his underwear – were found in his former residences.

The Santa Dash, an annual festive fundraiser organised by St Richard's Hospice, was held on Sunday (December 15). Wendy Chick, Graham Wilde and Sue Halliday were some of the first runners to arrive ...

A triple shooting which left one woman dead and a man in critical condition “sounded like fireworks” and left people in the street “crying and screaming”, neighbours said. Police were called at around ...

Forecasters have issued a warning of persistent rain that could make travel conditions difficult in parts of Scotland over the next three days. The Met Office yellow warning, which covers parts of the ...

Sausage dogs joined in the Christmas celebrations at Hyde Park, showing off costumes, hats, and jumpers as they went walkies.

A humorous note written by the late Queen to photographer Alan Maxwell, a specialist at London’s Wallace H Eaton Ltd who were official suppliers to the royal family, telling him her dogs had eaten a ...

A two-year-old boy has been killed in a hit and run with the driver of a stolen Porsche fleeing the scene in Dartmouth Road, Smethwick.