Officers suspended after ‘pepper spraying’ a handcuffed nine-year-old girl in the face

A number of police officers have been suspended after body-camera footage showed a chemical "irritant" being sprayed in the face of a distraught and handcuffed nine-year-old girl.

US billionaire paying for first all-civilian mission to space – which three people will he take?

SpaceX is planning to launch the first all-civilian mission to orbit this year - led by a US billionaire who is paying for the entire flight.

Belfast and Larne port staff pulled over ‘upsurge in sinister behaviour’

An "upsurge in sinister and menacing behaviour in recent weeks" has led to all regulatory animal-based food checks to be suspended at Belfast and Larne ports.

Former chancellor George Osborne leaves Evening Standard and Blackrock

George Osborne has left his jobs at the London Evening Standard and Blackrock to join financial consultants Robey Warshaw.

Abrupt sacking of high-profile MP threatens to inflame SNP civil war

One of the Scottish National Party's most high-profile MPs has been sacked from a top post at Westminster, in a move that threatens to inflame the civil war between supporters of Nicola Sturgeon and...

No masks and no social distancing as lockdown ends on the Isle of Man

Instructors and students alike squealed with delight when the doors of the Move It dance studio on the Isle of Man opened once again.

Captain Sir Tom Moore’s family with him in hospital as he is treated for COVID-19

Sir Tom Moore's family are with him in hospital after he tested positive for the coronavirus.

‘Seeing Florence gave me strength I needed’: The mum who gave birth while critically ill with COVID-19

Cradling her tiny baby in her arms Elsa Larkins looks for all the world like any proud, adoring new mum.