The issues at this year’s event sprang from a sharp-tongued scolding of Miss Mexico, which sparked a controversy marked by a walkout.

If the uplift is 3.8% as expected, families with one child should receive receive the new amount of around £27.04, up 99p from £26.05 per week each week from April 2026.

Inheritance tax is one of the more controversial elements in many budgets - here the experts look at what's likely to change, and the simplest ...

It comes as details emerged of a US plan to end the war, nearly four years after Russia’s all-out invasion of its neighbour.

With energy bills set to rise again in January, we are increasingly reminded to heat ourselves and not our homes to save money ...

A man accused of murdering a dog walker by shooting him with a shotgun will stand trial next year. David Campbell, 76, is accused of killing Brian Low on a track near Aberfeldy on February 16, 2024 ...

Hundreds gathered in a rural village in Co Meath for the funeral of one of the five young people who died in a car crash in Co Louth at the weekend. Mourners were told that there is “incomprehension” ...