Awaab’s law to force social landlords to fix dangerous damp and mould will come into force in October. The legislation is named after two-year-old Awaab Ishak, who died as a direct result of exposure ...

Southern California Edison said its equipment was probably to blame for the Hurst fire which hit the Sylmar neighbourhood of the city.

The Stormont Executive has allocated more than £17 million to repair damage caused by Storm Eowyn. The storm in January brought high-speed gusts which left a record number of people in Northern ...

The children of Sean McGrath have described their devastation at their father’s death, three weeks after he was injured in the Omagh bombing.

Irv Gotti, a music mogul who founded Murder Inc Records and was behind major hip-hop and R&B artists such as Ashanti and Ja Rule, has died. He was 54. Def Jam Recordings, which was the parent company ...

The base rate fell to 4.5 on Thursday, but the Bank halved the UK’s economic growth forecast for this year while predicting surging inflation.

The PA news agency looks at the outcome of the Bank of England’s decision, and whether rates will fall again soon.