Previous recipients of the Young Musicians’ Platform Award include acclaimed classical pianist Michael McHale, soprano Laura Sheerin, harpist Richard Allen, violinist Michael Trainor, folk artists ...

Broadcaster Kay Burley has announced she is retiring from Sky News after 36 years with the channel. She made the announcement on Wednesday morning at the end of her breakfast programme, which was her ...

US President Donald Trump’s suggestion of a US-owned Gaza that would be the “Riviera of the Middle East” are “very concerning”, Irish foreign affairs minister Simon Harris has said. Irish premier ...

A US military plane carrying 104 deported Indian migrants has arrived in a northern Indian city. It is the first such flight to the country as part of a crackdown ordered by the Trump administration, ...

Office for National Statistics data shows there were 1,277 deaths from conditions wholly caused by alcohol in 2023.

Raised in Wigan, Lancashire, Burley’s parents worked in a cardboard factory and she attended Whitley High School.

The cycling champion hopes people who also have terminal cancer can see it is possible to ‘lead a happy life alongside this ...

The Queen dined with actress Helena Bonham Carter and presenter and comedian Sir Stephen Fry to celebrate the work of 184-year-old literary institution The London Library.

Scotland’s First Minister has insisted there “must be no ethnic cleansing”, after Donald Trump declared the US could “take over the Gaza Strip”. The US president’s claims were met with concern from ...

Sir Keir Starmer will host the EU’s leaders for a summit in May as part of his effort to ‘reset’ relations with Brussels after Brexit.

A PILE of rubbish was dumped outside a nature reserve, blocking the gate to a car park. Fly-tipped waste left the south side of Blashford Lakes nature reserve inaccessible, preventing visitors from ...

Kim Leadbeater has written to MPs, stressing that it is important to ‘enhance’ the proposed legislation where necessary.