YouTube star Grant Thompson has died following a a paragliding accident.
July 31, 2019
An engineer has constructed a 4.7-metre Lego model of the Forth Bridge in a bid to get it made into an official product.
July 31, 2019
Rapper Cardi B postponed a concert following what police described as an unverified threat to the Grammy-winning artist.
July 31, 2019
Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald has said UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson seems to have “set the compass for a disorderly and crash Brexit” following their meeting in Belfast.
July 31, 2019
US President Donald Trump has claimed to be the "least racist person there is anywhere in the world".
July 31, 2019
House-builder Taylor Wimpey reiterated warnings over rising build costs as it reported a drop in half-year profits.
July 31, 2019
UK estate agent Countrywide's turnaround has continued to gather pace as it cut losses in the first half, despite Brexit pressures weakening the housing market.
July 31, 2019
All Bar One owner Mitchells & Butlers has reported sales growth in the third quarter, driven by improving food sales.
July 31, 2019
Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders may have been the A-listers on the first night of the Democratic debates in Detroit but a 67-year-old self-help author's call for a “moral uprising”...
July 31, 2019
A Porsche driver has been reported to police after blocking the entrance to a fire station for a “wedding emergency”.
July 31, 2019
Kitchen and bathroom retailer Wickes is to be demerged by its owners, bosses have confirmed.
July 31, 2019
Kitchen and bathroom retailer Wickes is to be sold by its owners, bosses have confirmed.
July 31, 2019
Funeral firm Dignity has seen shares plunge after a fall in the number of deaths hit its half-year results.
July 31, 2019
DUP leader Arlene Foster has described the Irish government are ‘belligerent and intolerant' towards Northern Ireland in their pursuit of a backstop agreement.
July 31, 2019
Iran has dismissed US secretary of state Mike Pompeo's offer to visit and address the Iranian people as a “hypocritical gesture”.
July 31, 2019
Shares in Intu have dropped more than 20% after the Trafford Centre owner revealed the toll the retail crisis is taking on its business.
July 31, 2019
French inventor Franky Zapata will try again to traverse the English Channel on a flying board after his first attempt failed at the halfway mark.
July 31, 2019
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson last night had dinner with DUP leader Arlene Foster and other senior party members ahead of his first official visit to Northern Ireland today.
July 31, 2019
US and Chinese envoys have met for talks aimed at ending a tariff war after President Donald Trump rattled financial markets by accusing Beijing of stalling in the hope he...
July 31, 2019
High street retailer Next has upped its profit expectations for the year after it shifted more full-price stock than expected.
July 31, 2019
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.2 has struck the southern Greek resort island of Crete.
July 31, 2019
Just Eat has reported a slump in profits after investing heavily in rolling out its own delivery services and its Brazilian joint venture, as it prepares for a major merger...
July 31, 2019
More than 20 Hong Kong protesters have been charged with rioting – the most serious charge brought since mass demonstrations began in the city last month.
July 31, 2019
Fishermen have found the body of an Indian coffee shop founder in a river, two days after he disappeared.
July 31, 2019
US and Chinese envoys have met for talks aimed at ending a tariff war after President Donald Trump accused Beijing of trying to stall negotiations in hopes he will not...
July 31, 2019
Parts of Britain could face “persistent and heavy” rain on Wednesday with the Met Office warning storms could dump up to 40mm of rain in two hours in places.
July 31, 2019
Communities in the Yorkshire Dales have been hit by flash flooding and hail storms as forecasters warned that parts of Britain could face more “persistent and heavy” rain.
July 31, 2019
The signature domestic proposal by the leading progressive candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination came under withering attack from moderates in a debate that laid bare the struggle between a...
July 31, 2019
Ten Democratic presidential hopefuls have faced off in a televised US debate that laid bare the struggle between a call for revolutionary policies and a desperate desire to defeat President...
July 31, 2019
Hundreds of Hong Kong protesters blocked train services during the morning rush hour yesterday, causing commuter chaos in the latest anti-government campaign.
July 31, 2019
Police identified a 19-year-old California man as the gunman who opened fire at a garlic festival in Gilroy, California, killing three people and wounding about a dozen.
July 31, 2019
A gunman fatally shot two people and wounded a police officer before he was shot and arrested at a Walmart in northern Mississippi.
July 31, 2019
Multi-millionaire taxi tycoon and Brexit supporter John Griffin - born in Mayo - could become the Conservative Party's treasurer.
July 31, 2019
An Irishman has been charged with dangerous driving causing grievous bodily harm in Australia after two of his friends were left seriously injured in a horrific road accident.
July 31, 2019
Multi-millionaire taxi tycoon and Brexit supporter John Griffin - born in Mayo - could become the Conservative Party's treasurer.
July 31, 2019
At least 3,812 Afghan civilians were killed or wounded in the first half of 2019 in the war against militant groups - including a big increase in the number of...
