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Image copyright PAcemaker Image caption A bonfire on the Sandy Row was smaller than it was in previous years Bonfires have been lit...

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...

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 SPL Some parts of England will run out of water within the next 20 years unless “urgent action” is taken. That’s the ...

Image copyright Creative Commons Queen’s University of Belfast (QUB) has offered guaranteed places to about 2,500 Northern Irish stude...

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 ...

The border between New South Wales and Victoria in Australia has been closed to prevent the spread of Covid-19. The cities of Albury and W...

Image copyright mrwoodbery Image caption Olalekan Jacob Ponle, known as “mrwoodbery” to his Instagram followers, flaunted his wealth ...