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Image caption Kirsty Wark is among those joining the online book festival events The Borders Book Festival has started an online edi...

Image caption “Devolution has gone so much further” than some people thought it would, according to Mark Reckless, the Brexit Party’s ...

The British Film Institute competition winners will have their two-minute long TV shows aired on national television. Children from across...

Across the US, street artists have been inspired by the death of George Floyd earlier this year. Tributes have appeared from California to...

Image copyright AFP Image caption Protests continued in the capital on Saturday The prime minister of Mali has promised to form an ...

A recent video of 11-year-old Anthony Mmesoma Madu dancing in the rain went viral with the likes of Hollywood superstar Viola Davis and oth...

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Roger Stone has maintained all along that the case against him was politically motivated ...

Image copyright Tendayi Gwata A 44-year-old woman in Zimbabwe, Tendayi Gwata, is battling to avoid a mastectomy after her breast cance...

Image caption This choir has been able to start rehearsing again – in the conductor’s garden As evening sunshine ripples through a r...

Image caption Emirates president Sir Tim Clark The president of Emirates said the Middle Eastern airline is set to cut as many as 9,...

Image copyright Goya Foods A popular Hispanic-owned food company is facing calls for a boycott, after its chief executive praised US P...

Image copyright No 10 Image caption Boris Johnson was wearing a mask as he visited a shop in Uxbridge Making face coverings mandato...

Image copyright LBT/Family handout/PA Media Image caption Nóra Quoirin went missing from her room on 4 August An inquest into the d...

Image copyright Getty Images Wearing face coverings in shops is now compulsory in Scotland, with First Minister Nicola Sturgeon hoping...

Image copyright David Hepburn Image caption Dr David Hepburn returned to work after having Covid-19 to find it looked very different ...

Image caption Dr Akhtar connects via video link from his home in Essex From his laptop at his home just outside London, Dr Tahir Akh...

A selection of the week’s best photos from across the continent and beyond: Image copyright AFP Image caption Young dancers stretch ...

Council leaders in a Mississippi city named after President Andrew Jackson have voted to remove a statue of him, in the latest move to reco...

The UK’s first city bicycle mayor believes the coronavirus pandemic has created a “golden opportunity” for cycling to become a bigger part ...

Image copyright PA Media Image caption The other eight cremations were not allowed services at Roselawn on 30 June The chief execut...