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Strictly Come Dancing judge Anton Du Beke has said it is a “dream come true” to release a Christmas single.

American rock band Toto will embark on a UK arena tour to celebrate their 50th anniversary.

A Japanese spacecraft is rocketing towards Mars on a quest to explore its mysterious moons and bring back samples.

Drinks giant Diageo has said it is “sincerely sorry” for a pollution incident which killed a significant number of fish and other wildlife on a river tributary in Moray earlier this year.

The clocks are set to change soon, bringing longer nights and darker mornings.

Reported rat sightings over June to August were up 15% year-on-year as the UK experienced its hottest summer on record, according to pest control firm Rentokil.

Euphoria star Hunter Schafer has revealed she has had gender-affirming surgery.

Thames Water’s creditors have revealed plans to appoint former business secretary Lord John Hutton as an independent chair of the water supplier if their rescue bid is given the green light to avoid it being nationalised.

Victims of sexual violence during the Troubles should not be left behind by the UK’s proposed legacy legislation, the Commons has heard.

In her wildest dreams, former copywriter Bonnie Garmus could have never imagined that her debut novel Lessons In Chemistry would become the global phenomenon that it did.

The UK’s unemployment rate has fallen to the lowest level in more than a year despite the number of vacancies sliding for another month, new figures show.

Home improvement retailer Wickes has revealed accelerating sales growth as customers saw prices start to rise again.

The north’s labour market added just over 1,200 jobs last month, growing at the fastest rate since the start of the new year.

While we all love to keep up with the latest trends and be in the know, defining your own interior aesthetic and visual concept can be the gateway to your go-to decor.

An Australian MP remains in a critical but stable condition in hospital, as the country’s prime minister praised a barber who helped restrain a driver accused of deliberately hitting her.

A renewed appeal for information has been launched by Irish police probing the beating to death of a 21-year-old man in Co Monaghan.

Voters in Canada’s oil-rich Alberta province have overwhelmingly backed remaining in Canada.

Paris police issued an overnight curfew on Monday in two areas of the French capital, after a weekend marred by France’s worst rioting in years that targeted city halls, other public buildings and thousands of businesses across the country.

Brighton sparkled again this season in the Premier League while Erling Haaland and Manchester City continued to defy their off-field turmoil.

AS the fallout from the Drumcree dispute continues to dominate the north’s political bandwidth, a senior doctor has delivered a sobering reminder of the crisis facing our public services.

They’re brilliant at many things, but you really do have to hand it to the French: they know how to protest.

A Northern Ireland council has spent a “staggering” £1.3m to fill two senior management posts on an interim basis over the past four years – with the agency fee for one individual almost double that of the council’s chief executive salary.

Newry City boss Stuart King says he will not be letting emotion get in the way when he brings his side to his old club Carrick Rangers on Tuesday night in the first round of the BetMcLean League Cup.

BOYLE Sports Premiership: Larne v Linfield (Tuesday, 7.45pm) The next six weeks will give Linfield manager David Healy a chance to make a realistic assessment of his team’s title credentials, starting with Larne tonight.

A senior emergency doctor has called on Stormont to end the “cycle of chaos” around a budget as overwhelmed hospitals once again brace themselves for winter pressures.

President Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh was called a “thundering disgrace” by an Irish cabinet minister.

Troubles victims could be waiting until 2033 for decisions on their disability claims, amid a huge backlog in a payment scheme for people injured in the conflict.

The Orange Order in Portadown has not notified the Parades Commission about a planned parade and rally in the Co Armagh town this weekend.

He walked into our lives on All Saints’ Day, 18 years ago next month: a tiny kitten with a collar but no ID.

FOR families who have spent decades searching for answers about the deaths of loved ones during the ‘Troubles’, time is measured in unanswered questions, missed opportunities for justice and loved ones who died without learning the truth.

More than one in eight electronic ankle tags ordered for suspects and offenders in Northern Ireland over the past year were never fitted, new figures show.

CROSSMAGLEN were trailing Madden by six points in the third of their three championship group games when Rian O’Neill took the field as a half-time substitute.

For the first time in its 114-year history, Irwin’s Bakery in Portadown is no longer in family ownership.

QUESTION: What planning should I do right now for the UK Budget on October 28?

For businesses across Northern Ireland, liability insurance is often something that sits quietly in the background - until an accident happens.

The King will welcome the Sultan of Oman to the UK on Tuesday, as the monarch hosts a traditional state visit at Windsor Castle.

John Healey has rejected calls to hike capital gains tax at the Budget, amid concerns it could hamper economic growth.

Motherland star Anna Maxwell Martin has called fines for school absences “cruel and unnecessary” as she backed parents campaigning for them to be scrapped.

Dame Esther Rantzen has been laid to rest in an “incredibly beautiful” funeral, but told how she felt “deprived of any choice over my own death”, in a newly-published note written before she died.

The face of a man who died on the Roman frontier in Scotland almost 2,000 years ago has been revealed in a facial reconstruction carried out ahead of a major exhibition.

Leading A&E doctors across the UK have raised concerns about the pressures emergency departments will face this winter, with just 3% saying they are well prepared for the colder months.

Strictly Come Dancing judge Craig Revel Horwood has joined the convent and will star in a UK and Ireland tour of Sister Act.

Residential rent prices in Northern Ireland are continuing to rise at a faster pace than the cost of buying a home, new data from PropertyPal suggests.

Tinder is not “running away” from the fact that more young singletons would rather meet in person than online, its boss has insisted as the dating app hopes real-life events can drive a resurgence in interest.

Parents are facing increased childcare challenges as more state schools in England are introducing a two-week October half term, it has been suggested.

An emotional James Maddison was delighted to produce a dream goal and help Tottenham climb off the bottom of the Premier League with a 3-1 home win over Coventry.

CNN’s chief international anchor Christiane Amanpour has announced that she is leaving the network.

The United Nations has cut food assistance to 500,000 Palestinians in Gaza and 200,000 in the West Bank because of a serious funding shortage, the head of the UN food agency said on Monday.

Dejan Kulusevski enjoyed an emotional and triumphant return to action for Tottenham with a cameo in Monday’s 3-1 home win over Coventry after a 526-day absence.

An Australian politician is in a critical condition after she was struck by a car in an apparently deliberate act, prime minister Anthony Albanese said.