Russia has indicated it is open to Ukraine joining the European Union (EU) as part of a potential peace deal to end the war, according to US officials.

The discovery of an invasive species of mussel for the first time in Northern Ireland will add further pressure to the “beleaguered” freshwater system, Environment Minister Andrew Muir has said. The ...

Rob Reiner’s son Nick Reiner has been arrested following the death of the Hollywood director and his wife Michele. Nick, 32, was arrested on Sunday night and is being held in custody on a four million ...

A British explorer has become the first person to walk the length of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia from north to south entirely on foot. Writer and TV presenter Alice Morrison’s world-first expedition ...

The attack on a Jewish community in Australia was an “unspeakable act of hatred and violence” which “cruelly marred” the first day of Hannukah, John Swinney has said. Two gunmen attacked a Hannukah ...

Sir Keir Starmer has condemned strike action by resident doctors as “irresponsible”. The Prime Minister said he is “very gutted” that medics have voted to go ahead with walkouts this week. Members of ...

Not all jobs could be saved during the Covid-19 pandemic but the government prevented “mass unemployment”, Rishi Sunak has told the Covid inquiry. The former prime minister also said he was advised by ...

US police have renewed their search for the gunman who killed two students and wounded nine others, a day after they released ...

The Prime Minister said he had no reason to believe that a leak of plans ahead of the Budget had come from No 10.

Mr Barr was in the back seat of the car for the last 16 seconds of its movement, and told police that, as he walked up Water Street, he saw the Galaxy in the distance and noted that the crowd’s ...

As chief rabbi to the Commonwealth, Sir Ephraim will travel to Australia on Tuesday to meet the Jewish community in Sydney.

Reiner was also friends with veteran musician Sir Elton John, who featured in the sequel to his 1984 mockumentary film about Spinal Tap, Spinal Tap II: The End Continues, released in September this ...