US President-elect Donald Trump has chosen representative Elise Stefanik to serve as his ambassador to the United Nations. In a statement announcing his choice, Mr Trump said: “Elise is an incredibly ...

Stormont’s First Minister has acknowledged it has been “difficult to hear” fellow republicans criticise her participation in the Remembrance Sunday ceremony at Belfast City Hall. Sinn Fein vice ...

Events were held at home and abroad to mark Armistice Day and the sacrifice of service personnel. Silences were observed with the Duchess of Edinburgh leading the commemoration at the National ...

In his role as Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby has presided over royal weddings and funerals – but he has also spoken of a “messy” early life and subsequent battle with depression. Before being ...

Four Dorset residents have scooped an impressive £50,000 each in a premium bond prize draw. They are amongst 55 other lucky winners in the county who have accumulated a combined prize total of ...

Vivek Gurav says he is behind the world’s largest plogging community – which involves litter picking and jogging.

A “LANDMARK” car that has been in a ditch on the side of the road for months has finally been removed. Dorset Traffic Cops arranged the recovery of a silver Mercedes GL that has been abandoned along ...

Butterflies have flocked to Scotland due to climate change with 10 new species recorded in the past 40 years, statistics show. The latest Scottish Biodiversity Indicator, published by NatureScot on ...

A bus has been decorated in the Weymouth area with poppies to mark Armistice Day and Remembrance Sunday. First Wessex covered the inside of one of its buses with poppies to honour those who have lost ...

Former soldier Daniel Khalife has pleaded guilty partway through his trial at Woolwich Crown Court to escaping from HMP Wandsworth.

Detectives investigating the death of ice hockey player Adam Johnson say they have been “working meticulously to fully understand the unprecedented circumstances” in which he died more than a year ago ...

The price of Bitcoin has surged past the 81,000 US dollar (£63,000) mark for the first time as the cryptocurrency continues to rally higher after Donald Trump’s victory in the US election last week.