Ecuador confirms search of Julian Assange’s belongings in embassy

The Ecuadorian government has confirmed officials are searching through Julian Assange’s belongings left at its embassy in London

Bradley accused of delaying tactics over compensation payments for abuse victims

Political leaders in Northern Ireland have accused the Secretary of State of employing delaying tactics to frustrate compensation payments for abuse

Brothers tell of being ‘dragged from under bed’ during Ballymurphy violence

Two brothers have recounted being dragged from under a bed as teenagers in the early hours of the morning by paratroopers as a dying man lay

Xbox boss urges games industry to improve safety for players

The head of Microsoft’s Xbox gaming platform has urged the industry to work together to improve safety for those using their

The Queen's stance on the European Union revealed

The Queen told a leading German ambassador that Britain's future "lies in Europe", according to state documents. A report in the

Man jailed for life over murder outside bar

A man has been sentenced to a minimum of 17 years behind bars after pleading guilty to the murder of Dominic Brown in Clydebank, West

FTSE 100 falls lower as housing stocks slump

The London markets extended their losses, on the back of slumps across housing and travel stocks.The FTSE 100 closed the trading session down 37.74

Ford announces thousands of white collar job losses

Car giant Ford is cutting about 7,000 white-collar jobs, about 10% of its global workforce.The company has said it was undertaking a major

Jaguar Land Rover slumps to £3.6bn loss as Chinese sales slide

Jaguar Land Rover crashed to a £3.6 billion annual loss as it was weighed down by a slump in Chinese sales.The luxury car manufacturer, which

City Pub Group cheers sales jump amid expansion

City Pub Group has cheered investors after sales jumped by more than a third since the start of the year.The pub operator, which owns 45 sites,

Low & Bonar shares hammered by profit warning and chief executive departure

Shares in Low & Bonar have dropped after the firm warned of a hit to its full-year performance and said its boss is to step down.The

Brexit and London property market weigh on Foxtons

Estate agent Foxtons has said there was no improvement to a “very challenging” London property market in recent trading, as

Strike to ground planes at six Scottish airports

Six airports will close for one day this week as a result of a strike by air traffic controllers involved in a pay dispute.Highlands and Islands

Loch Lomond resort ‘most unpopular planning application in Scottish history’

More than 53,000 objections against a proposed £30 million tourist development on the shores of Loch Lomond have been handed to planners.Plans for

SNP pushing for ‘extreme version of independence’, Gordon Brown claims

The SNP are now pushing for a “far more extreme version of independence than we have ever seen”, according to Gordon

Economy will be ‘plunged into peril by Brexit’, Sturgeon warns

Nicola Sturgeon has called on voters to use Thursday’s European election to show Scotland is “open for business” as

Gordon Brown to warn Scotland faces 50 years of constitutional division

Scotland is facing 50 years of constitutional conflict unless it can break free from the “Punch and Judy Show” between the SNP

May ‘blocked amnesty’ for Northern Ireland veterans

Theresa May personally blocked ministers putting forward  legislation which could have protected former soldiers from prosecution for

Bird snatches angler's catch as he returns in to the water

Sealife enthusiast Jules Casey captures the unfortunate moment an angler's best intentions go horribly wrong. She films the fisherman, named

Mile-wide asteroid with own moon to skim Earth

Asteroid 1999 KW4 and its companion moon will approach Earth at a whopping 48,000 mph this week. Astronomers have tracked its orbit and say it

Calvin Klein faces backlash over ad of Bella Hadid kissing female robot

Calvin Klein has issued an apology over criticism that one of its recent ads, featuring model Bella Hadid and a robot, was an example of

US billionaire stuns students by agreeing to pay off all loans

A billionaire technology investor has stunned graduates at a US college by announcing he will pay off all their student loans estimated at 40

Trump urges anti-abortion activists to ‘stay united’ for 2020 election

American president Donald Trump is imploring anti-abortion activists to stay united for the 2020 election, as Alabama's restrictive new

Seventeen injured as tourist bus hit by bomb near Egypt’s Giza Pyramids

A roadside bomb has hit a tourist bus near the Giza Pyramids, Egyptian officials have said. The blast on Sunday wounded at least 17 people,