Professor Mathew Sadlier said ‘societal change’ is needed when it comes to smartphone use among young people (Peter Byrne/PA) ...

Zoo chiefs have welcomed the expansion of firework control zones in Edinburgh after the death of a baby red panda and its ...

The proportion of GCSE entries scoring a decent pass has fallen again this year, prompting fears about young people in ...

Protesters from an animal rights organisation and local campaigners gathered outside a greyhound racing stadium in a bid to ...

Some of the county’s biggest chains have signed a letter to the Chancellor sent by trade body British Retail Consortium.

An experienced skydiver deliberately fell to her death from 15,500ft the day after her relationship ended, an inquest heard.

The number of asylum seekers being housed temporarily in UK hotels has risen by 8% under Labour on the same point last year, ...

Tuna Lokman, who came to the UK when he was 10, says his dream is to get into Oxford or Cambridge to study maths or data ...

Merseyside Police said the fire at Woolton Hall, Liverpool, on Tuesday ‘appears to have been an extremely reckless act’.

Business activity across the UK’s private sector has hit a one-year high this month, as the services industry led a summer ...

The gap in GCSE results between boys and girls is now at its narrowest point this century. While girls are still ...

An English tourist is in a critical condition after a serious assault in Temple Bar in Dublin city. Emergency services ...