Stamp duty discounts became less generous in April, but transaction figures for May show a pick-up in house sales.

The US targeted Iran’s three most important sites with a wave of cruise missiles and bunker-buster bombs dropped by B-2 bombers on Sunday.

Emma Raducanu will take on young British wild card Mimi Xu in the opening round of Wimbledon. Xu, 17, is one of three home teenage debutantes in the women’s draw, and she will get a first shot at ...

Habibur Masum launched a ‘ferocious’ knife attack in broad daylight on Kulsuma Akter after tracking her to a women’s refuge in Bradford.

The grandfather of the incoming head of MI6 was a Nazi spy chief, reports have said. Blaise Metreweli was announced as the new chief of MI6 earlier this month – becoming the 18th person to take on the ...

Sir Keir Starmer’s climbdown on the welfare Bill is the latest in a series of U-turns. Here, the PA news agency looks at three major policy changes this month. The Universal Credit and Personal ...

Last-minute concessions to the Government’s controversial welfare reforms have been welcomed by some campaigners but described as not good enough by others. Here, the PA news agency takes a look at ...

Joe Duffy has praised the callers as he prepares for his last episode of RTE’s famous phone-in show on Friday afternoon. The Ballyfermot broadcaster, 69, is retiring after 37 years at the station, ...

IN ANOTHER life, Jess Carter could have spent this summer representing England on the rugby field instead of the football pitch.

Snooker ace Ronnie O’Sullivan and actress Laila Rouass have revealed that they are now husband and wife. The couple posted a picture of themselves on Instagram standing on the steps of St George’s ...

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NOTTINGHAM-born tennis star Billy Harris saw his bid to return to the semi-final of the LTA's Lexus Eastbourne Open ended by Ugo Humbert.