20+ hour, 31+ min ago   (752+ words) The First Ministers of the UK’s devolved nations will sign a landmark agreement on Monday aimed at putting pressure on Downing Street to hold referendums on independence. SNP leader John Swinney, Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwerth and Sinn Féin…...

22+ hour, 46+ min ago   (312+ words) Angela Rayner has brushed off Donald Trump’s backing for a united Ireland, saying the Government remains committed to the Good Friday Agreement. The US president triggered a diplomatic row on Saturday by claiming during a visit to Dublin that Irish…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (491+ words) Thousands of people have queued to see the Bayeux Tapestry as it went on public display in Britain for the first time since it was created almost a thousand years ago. Visitors from across the globe flocked to the British…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago   (851+ words) Andy Burnham has defended his Government’s ban on trade with illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank, telling MPs that Britain “must stand for something”. The ban, announced by Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband on Tuesday, has triggered a diplomatic row…...

4+ day, 22+ hour ago   (783+ words) Procurement of offshore counter-drone technology is “being pursued”, the Irish premier said, after a large drone was reported off Ireland’s east coast days ahead of a visit by US president Donald Trump. Mr Trump is to visit Ireland on Saturday…...

5+ day, 21+ hour ago   (489+ words) A local sunflower famer who won Britain’s Got Talent has helped donate £50,000 to farming charities, including Pembrokeshire’s own DPJ Foundation. Hugh Thomas, 75, is the senior member of the 32-strong Hawkstone Farmers’ Choir which topped the viewers’ poll and won the…...

1+ week, 2+ hour ago   (302+ words) Nepal has held a day of mourning to remember people who died in the August 26 floods with government offices lowering flags and family members concluding mourning rituals. More than 1,300 people were killed in the flooding in Nepal and Tibet 13 days…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (90+ words) The US military has struck three Iranian oil tankers after navy warships were targeted with missiles, officials said. The military said an aircraft carrier and a destroyer evaded “multiple unprovoked Iranian attacks” and no US personnel were hurt. It said…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (171+ words) Rescuers in Nepal have pulled a Chinese national alive from a hydropower tunnel after deadly flooding, officials said. The latest rescue brings the total to three workers pulled alive from the Trishuli hydropower project. Two Nepalese workers were rescued from…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (1004+ words) A “co-ordinated” protest that appears to be “illegal migration-related” has seen hundreds of black-clad, masked demonstrators block roads in Dover, a local councillor said. Videos circulating online show dozens of men, dressed in black and wearing balaclavas, gathered at the…...