Marine Minister Emma Hardy said a bill will be introduced to enable ratification of the pact to establish protected areas in international waters.

It is illegal to racially or religiously abuse anyone in public, but this does not extend to within a private home under the Public Order Act.

The investment is expected to be spent on projects such as fixing level crossings, building new stations and upgrading railway lines.

The spending review is expected to set out tough spending limits for departments other than health, defence and education.

At least 10 people have been killed and many others were injured in a shooting at a school in the Austrian city of Graz. The suspected perpetrator also died, the city’s mayor said.

Riot police were deployed around the Clonavon Terrace area on Tuesday night as hundreds of people gathered in the Co Antrim town.

The managing director of the company that owns strike-hit Hull Trains is to step down, it was revealed tonight. Martijn Gilbert will step away from his position with immediate effect. Members of Aslef ...

Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro denied participation in an alleged plot to remain in power and overturn the 2022 election result as he gave evidence on Tuesday for the first time before the ...

Nine people have been killed in a shooting at a school in the Austrian city of Graz, with the suspected perpetrator also dead ...

The troops are only in the city to protect federal property, officials said, as President Donald Trump clamped down on immigration protests.

An ex-girlfriend of Sean “Diddy” Combs has told a court that she took part in sex acts with male sex workers at the music mogul’s request because it made her feel loved by him – but now regrets what ...

A man who sexually assaulted three women on trains in London has been jailed. Ahmad Ahmedzai, 30, targeted lone women on trains three separate times last year. On September 10, he was on a train from ...