Prosecutor Riel Karmy-Jones KC said six different women who do not know each other had come forward to accuse Brand of attacking them.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and European Union leaders are set to conclude a two-day summit on Friday as the EU’s top official presses to make Canada the bloc’s first “associate member”.

The dramatic penultimate episode saw comedian James Acaster banished from castle after admitting being a traitor.

A licence has been granted for the reintroduction of beavers to the waters around Loch Ness – exactly 500 years since they were last recorded at the loch. Trees for Life and the Beaver Trust have been ...

An Isle of Wight paedophile has been found with over 1,000 indecent images of children. Martin Beere, 37, of St Saviours Road in Totland, pleaded guilty to possessing hundreds of indecent images of ...

James McAvoy has paid tribute after the death of his X-Men co-star Sir Patrick Stewart, saying he was “always lovely to me”. Sir Patrick, famed for his role as Captain Jean-Luc Picard in The Star Trek ...

Police in Northern Ireland are investigating a report of the alleged “assault” of a cleric in Armagh. It comes following an incident involving former teacher Enoch Burke at St Patrick’s Church of ...

The Scottish Information Commissioner “erred in law” when he ordered ministers to disclose exempted material relating to the so-called Salmond files, a court has ruled.

Sinn Fein MP John Finucane said it was a ‘disgrace’ that leaders were not attending the National Economic Council in Glasgow.

Speculation is mounting that the MP may leave the party amid a dispute on how it has responded to the Drumcree parading furore.

Pharmaceutical firm AstraZeneca has unveiled plans to slash costs by 1.5 billion US dollars (£1.1 billion) a year as part of a major restructuring to boost investment in its new drug pipeline.