Prime Minister Alexander De Croo’s speech was one of the most pointed ever directed at the pope during a foreign trip.

Nationwide’s £2.9 billion takeover of rival Virgin Money has been approved by a judge. Lawyers for the lenders secured the sanctioning of the deal at a specialist companies court in London on Friday.

The Justice for Harrods Survivors team said they are in possession of ‘credible evidence of abuse’ at businesses including Fulham Football Club.

The panel is tasked with determining why the submersible was lost 12,500 feet (3,810 metres) deep on the ocean floor near the ...

The Zoological Society of London counted the number of harbour and grey seals across the Greater Thames Estuary as part of ...

The government has been pressed to hold an independent inquiry into the murder of journalist Martin O’Hagan. Mr O’Hagan was killed by loyalist paramilitaries in Lurgan, Co Armagh in 2001. No-one has ...

Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall has previously urged pensioners to check if they are eligible for the benefit.

Rupert Murdoch’s REA Group has made a fourth proposal to online property platform Rightmove. The Australian suitor, which is majority-owned by the tycoon’s News Corp group, said the latest approach is ...

Russell Findlay, right, won the leadership in a contest with Murdo Fraser and Meghan Gallacher (Andrew Milligan/PA) He was also seen by some as the continuity candidate in the Tory leadership race, ...

Preston’s first and oldest mosque is is inviting people from across the county as it hosts an open day. The Jamea Masjid on Clarendon Street has been the hub for the city’s Muslims since the early ...

The breakthrough could mean deep space exploration is no longer the stuff of sci-fi, according to University of Southampton engineers.

The storm made landfall in northwestern Florida as a Category 4 storm as forecasters warned it could create a ‘nightmare’ storm surge.