Four children taken to hospital after funfair ride collapses

Four children have been taken to hospital after a funfair ride collapsed in Northern Ireland.

British and Irish Lions win first test over South Africa after tense second-half comeback

The British and Irish Lions rugby team has triumphed over South Africa in a tense 22-17 victory after trailing in the first half.

WWII bomb which shut M62 and saw residents evacuated safely detonated by explosives experts

A live 500lb World War Two bomb found on a new housing development has been successfully detonated.

‘Total chaos’ at UK airports on busiest weekend this year – with COVID checks and lack of staff blamed

Travellers have said airports across the UK are "total chaos" as hundreds of thousands of people fly out for the summer holidays.

Reopening clubs ‘immoral and unethical’ and will mean ‘more illness and deaths’ – expert warns

Reopening nightclubs is "immoral and unethical" as it will mean more coronavirus cases, hospitalisations and deaths, an expert has warned.

Three men arrested after woman dies from severe burns

Three men have been arrested following the death of a woman who suffered severe burns at an address in Bury, Greater Manchester Police said.

UK COVID cases fall for fourth day in a row as country records 31,795 new infections

The number of new COVID cases in the UK has fallen for the fourth day in a row, according to government data.

High cholesterol in middle-age increases dementia risk when older, major study finds

People who have high cholesterol levels in middle-age are at an increased risk of developing dementia later in life, a major new study has found.