Ice skating champions Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean said the news of a damehood and knighthood was the “perfect” way to ...

SaxaVord on the northernmost inhabited island of Unst is home to the UK’s only licensed ‘vertical launch’ spaceport.

Bus routes across London will be seriously disrupted on New Year’s Eve. A Saturday night timetable will be in place on all night and 24-hour routes, with diversions, curtailed services and split ...

More than 1,100 official files at the Public Record Office in Belfast have been opened to the public under the 20-year rule.

Newly-released files show Downing St officials argued conversations with foreign leaders must remain confidential.

In a video message Sir Anthony recalled the time he nearly died after driving in a ‘drunken blackout’ and his decision to get help.

Comedian Matt Lucas has said he had to read a letter informing him he had been made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) “a couple of times” as he thought it may be a prank.

Strictly Come Dancing head judge Shirley Ballas has said she was “surprised” when the show’s hosts announced they would be stepping down after 11 years in the role.

Mervyn Kersh, 101, from Cockfosters, north London, is being honoured for his school talks on Holocaust remembrance and his wartime service.

Northern Ireland was on the “cusp of a new beginning” with the return of the Stormont political institutions, officials predicted in 2000. A briefing document among declassified files at the Public ...

The actor said there is a lack of real debate on social media these days and instead people are just ‘screaming’ at each other.

Sir Idris is knighted for services to young people and Dame Jayne and Sir Christopher are recognised for services to ice skating and volunteering.