Piper, 42, starred as the companion to the ninth Doctor in 2005, playing Rose Tyler alongside Christopher Eccleston’s Time Lord.

Tributes have been paid to the former head of the Northern Ireland Civil Service Sir Kenneth Bloomfield, who has died at the age of 94. Health Minister Mike Nesbitt described Sir Kenneth as a “great ...

Provisional figures from the Met Office show 630 hours of sunshine were clocked up across the country between March 1 and May 27.

The UK struck a deal with Washington for import taxes on its steel to be removed weeks ago, but its implementation has not been finalised.

Hamas has responded to the latest US ceasefire proposal for Gaza while seeking amendments to it. A senior Hamas official told the Associated Press: “There some notes and amendments to some points, ...

A small plane has crashed into a residential building in western Germany as it approached an airport, and two people were killed, police said. The crash happened around midday on Saturday in ...

A body has been found in the search for a girl missing in the River Thames, police said. A body was recovered from the river near Gravesend with the assistance of the RNLI at around 11.40am on ...

The rally came four days before the Balkan country is expected to receive the green light from Brussels to enter the eurozone.

There was a buzz in the air in Washington state as about 250 million honeybees escaped after a lorry overturned. The vehicle ...

Nigel Farage has been accused of “racism and hatred” by John Swinney in the last weekend of campaigning before polls open in the Hamilton by-election. The Scottish First Minster hit out at the Reform ...

A protest was held today in Bracknell town centre against the council's decision to house immigrants locally. Around a dozen far-right enthusiasts gathered along a main road and held up signs to ...

Landslides and flash flooding triggered by days of torrential monsoon rains in India’s north east have killed at least 22 people. Five people, including three from a single family, were killed on ...