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Luxury handbag maker Mulberry has revealed a “strong reaction” to the relaunch of its famous Alexa design as it seeks to recover from plunging sales due to the pandemic.

Luxury handbag maker Mulberry has revealed a “strong reaction” to the relaunch of its famous Alexa design as it seeks to recover from plunging sales due to the pandemic.

Tens of thousands of starlings looked as though they were on military manoeuvres when they put on a spectacular display close to the biggest Army base in the country.

All Bar One owner Mitchells & Butlers has confirmed around 1,300 jobs have been axed as it revealed the pandemic sent it plunging to a £123 million annual loss.

Ethiopia's prime minister said the army has been ordered to move on the embattled Tigray regional capital after his 72-hour ultimatum ended for Tigray leaders to surrender, and he warned...

Two months ago, Professor Philip Nolan sent out a series of tweets in an effort to explain why restaurants and pubs were being asked to close, despite the lack of...

Another week, another teachers' union tantrum. Who'd have thought the pandemic would turn teachers' reps into the prima donnas of the public service?

Two months ago, Professor Philip Nolan sent out a series of tweets in an effort to explain why restaurants and pubs were being asked to close, despite the lack of...

The Chris Rea song Driving Home For Christmas will take on a particular poignancy in Ireland this year as so many people will be forced to reluctantly decide the best...

This week's guest is maybe not one you would normally associate with Real Health, but I'm delighted to be joined by Lyra, the Cork singer-songwriter who is making serious waves...

As if the Danish government's rushed decision to cull and bury more than 10 million mink wasn't a grisly enough story, thousands of the animals' bloated cadavers have begun to...

At least eight people have died after a boat carrying more than 30 migrants hit rocks close to a small port on Lanzarote in the Canary Islands, Spanish rescue services...

Google was ordered by a US judge to turn over the content of emails of the son of Farkhad Akhmedov to the Russian oligarch's former wife in her pursuit of...

A US tourist who stole a chunk of ancient marble from Rome three years ago has sent it back, asking forgiveness “for being such an American a------”.

Justin Trudeau, Canada's prime minister, has been pranked by Russian comedians pretending to be the climate activist Greta Thunberg.

US President Donald Trump has pardoned his former national security adviser Michael Flynn.

In the weeks since US President Donald Trump lost the election, his lead lawyer Rudy Giuliani has repeatedly made baseless claims of widespread voter fraud and the campaign brought a...

Declaring “America is back,” President-elect Joe Biden introduced his national security team, his first substantive offering of how he'll shift from Trump-era “America First” policies by relying on experts from...

You learn something new every day, the older people who populated my youth used to say. I was recently gobsmacked to learn that dead people vote.

Private homes remain the main hotspot for Covid-19 transmission, accounting for over 650 outbreaks last week amid ongoing concern about the impact Christmas gatherings might have.

If watching the fourth series of The Crown has taught me anything, it has confirmed just how much power fiction can wield; not just to twist the truth but to...

While President Trump continues to deny the clear result of the election, the incoming one is well along in putting together an administration that is both barrier-breaking and reassuringly conventional.

US President-elect Joe Biden has appealed for unity in a Thanksgiving-eve address to the nation.

US President Donald Trump has pardoned his former national security adviser Michael Flynn.

An owl that was rescued from the Rockefeller Centre Christmas tree in New York City has been released back into the wild.

A bus carrying employees of a textile company and a truck have collided on a highway in Brazil's Sao Paulo state, killing 40 people.

A bus carrying employees of a textile company and a truck have collided on a highway in Brazil's Sao Paulo state, killing 40 people.

TÁNAISTE Leo Varadkar has told the Fine Gael parliamentary party that the Government is considering advising people not to travel to Northern Ireland from later this week amid the worsening...

Police in Switzerland say a woman suspected of carrying out a knife attack that is being investigated as possible terrorism formed an online relationship with a jihadi in Syria and...

There have been a further six deaths and 269 new cases of coronavirus in Ireland.

The FTSE 100 slid into the red after an austere spending update by Chancellor Rishi Sunak drove caution among traders.

A farm offering mail-order mistletoe has seen a November sales rise despite fears the Covid-19 pandemic would hamper demand for the traditional Christmas crop.

Chinese president Xi Jinping has congratulated US president-elect Joe Biden on his victory.

State pensions will be increased by 2.5% next year, rising to £179.60 per week for those on the full new rate.

ARGENTINIAN football legend Diego Maradona has died after suffering a heart attack, according to reports in his native country.

ARGENTINIAN football legend Diego Maradona has died after suffering a heart attack, according to reports in his native country.

Football legend Diego Maradona has died after suffering a heart attack, aged 60, his lawyer has confirmed.

ARGENTINIAN football legend Diego Maradona has died after suffering a heart attack, aged 60, his lawyer has confirmed.

Iran has released detained British-Australian academic Kylie Moore-Gilbert in exchange for three Iranians held abroad, according to Iran state TV.

People in some UK regions typically travel more than twice as far than others to find somewhere supplying cash, a report has found.