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A sailor on shore leave from a Royal Navy aircraft carrier currently docked in Belfast subjected a policewoman to a “horrific” tirade of misogynistic abuse, a court heard today.

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has declined to rule out a post-election pact with the Tories, just a day after Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch rejected the idea.

Tonda Eckert is relieved to finally draw a line under the ‘Spygate’ scandal and will “forever be grateful” for Southampton’s support during a period which changed his life.

Carlsberg Britvic is set to close its Marston’s Brewery in Burton upon Trent with around 310 workers at risk, almost 200 years after first making beer in the Staffordshire town.

A new report has shown how Volvo vehicles have protected women and men equally in its cars since the 1970s.

DUP leader says NI public 'must see the rule of law'

The Duke of Sussex has revealed he experienced a two-week period of depression after arriving in Canada ahead of the Megxit crisis, with an “adrenaline crash” after escaping a “stressful environment”.

Bafta award-winning actress Monica Dolan said she believes it is important to highlight injustice through her work as she stars in The Lost Children Of Tuam.

Manchester City boss Enzo Maresca was all smiles as he arrived for training on Thursday.

An inquest has heard of the moment the bruised body of a dental nurse was found partially submerged in water in the bath of her Co Armagh home.

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor remains locked in a High Court battle over whether evidence obtained during raids of two of his properties can be used in the criminal investigation into him after police acknowledged the search warrants used were unlawful.

The Louis Theroux Podcast is returning for a ninth series, with double the output and a new crop of guests including boxer Tyson Fury and Hollywood director Judd Apatow.

Low economic growth and a quick succession of supply shocks can erode the public finances and leave governments with less of a cushion to support people through a downturn, the Bank of England boss has cautioned.

A father and son from Belfast who admitted drug dealing offences will be jailed if they fail drug tests, a judge has warned.

A criminal investigation into Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is ongoing despite the search warrants that allowed police officers to raid two of his properties being ruled unlawful, the High Court has heard.

Nationalists who the PSNI allege took part in recent protests over a planned Orange Order parade along the Garvaghy Road are to be interviewed by the force.

Bridgerton is getting a new spin-off series based on family matriarch Lady Violet.

Celebrity Traitors star Joe Lycett and House Of The Dragon actress Olivia Cooke are among the stars set to perform in White Rabbit Red Rabbit.

BBC broadcaster Nicky Campbell has told a court a private school teacher attacked him in a “complete frenzy” during the 1970s.

British actor Les Dennis has said the stage adaptation of Victoria Wood’s Dinnerladies will take audiences back to a pre-social media era.

A 34-year old woman awaiting trial for the murder of Newtownards man Mark Dorrian was refused bail on Thursday.

Deloitte has been fined more than £6 million by the accounting watchdog over its audits of transport firm Go-Ahead.

Volvo has long been the brand to choose if you want no-nonsense design and incredible practicality.

The parents of a 12-year-old girl who died from an allergic reaction after drinking a contaminated milkshake have said she “will never be forgotten” as an inquest into her death concluded.

Himesh Patel and Maxine Peake are among the actors appearing in short films for the 2026 Booker Prize shortlist.

Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband announced new sanctions on Russia targeting oil companies, shadow fleet tankers and military supply chains as he visited Ukraine on Thursday.

Lewis Hamilton feels the caution of Formula One bosses and its younger drivers has taken away some of the sport’s “seat of your pants” wet-weather driving.

English actor, comedian, and screenwriter Simon Pegg, spoke publicly for the first time about his recent ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) diagnosis on a podcast, revealing that it “confirmed a lot of stuff that I’d been wrestling with”.

Oil prices have surged and government borrowing costs have risen as supply concerns grow amid escalating fighting in the Middle East and a hurricane impacting oil producers in the Gulf of Mexico.

US ride-hailing group Lyft has officially expanded into Northern Ireland as part of a new rollout of its Freenow app in partnership with FonaCAB.

Several explosions were heard in Saudi Arabia’s capital of Riyadh on Thursday, including a large blast at the city’s international airport, a witness has told The Associated Press.

The UK is “open” to Germany joining an international coalition to build the next generation of fighter jets, Andy Burnham has announced.

Vauxhall has introduced a more accessible version of its Frontera compact SUV.

East Belfast building once used by secret society transformed into arts hub

When it comes to a drinking discovery, there’s nothing like a global bar competition to whet your whistle and put you on the cutting edge of the world’s best bar scene.

A former Labour minister has been cleared by a judge of his role in a fraudulent Covid-19 testing centre.

BMW has broadened its iX3 line-up while adding a new iX4 to its electric model range.

Canadian author Anne Carson has won the Nobel Prize in literature “for her bold and inventive oeuvre that, in playful dialogue with the classical tradition, has created new forms for contemporary literature”.

Thirty people were killed and at least 18 were injured by Russian strikes in eastern Ukraine that included an attack on a public bus, authorities said.

A Royal Navy sailor accused of plotting to leak classified information to Russia has appeared in court for the first time.

A 34-year old man has appeared in court to deny the murder of a pensioner in Dungannon.

Newry-based waste‑management operator Re-Gen has been appointed to deliver the new Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) in Northern Ireland.

Prime Minister Andy Burnham has met his German counterpart Friedrich Merz for the first time in Berlin for the launch of a new security partnership.

Britney Spears enjoyed a family day out with her sons Sean Preston and Jayden James at the Dollywood theme park in Tennessee.

Three sisters whose bodies were recovered from the sea off Brighton took their own lives, a coroner has ruled.

A protest in support of Garvaghy Road residents will be held outside the offices of the Northern Ireland Office in Belfast city centre on Friday.

The BBC has announced plans to axe a raft of Radio 4 programmes, including You And Yours and Thinking Allowed, as the corporation makes “difficult decisions” for “significant savings”.

This week on the Trading Up podcast, hosts Jim Fitzpatrick and economist Professor Richard Ramsey discuss the news that whilst the private sector outperforms the rest of the UK with strong 1% quarterly growth - driven by booming manufacturing, tech, and f…

Asos has said an “unauthorised party” gained access by impersonating a trusted contact to get log-in information, after customers received a phone alert saying that the retailer had been hacked.

Credit card defaults increased in the three months to the end of August, according to a Bank of England survey of lenders.