Pope Francis has denounced the “scourge” of child labour and other abuses suffered by children, saying anyone who harms or exploits a child will have to answer to God.

The mercury is set to drop sharply, with lows of minus 15C possible in Scotland and northern England overnight on Thursday.

Thousands of people remain without power during a bitter cold spell across Ireland. The entire island was under weather warnings coming into Wednesday morning, with temperatures as low as minus 6C ...

A man has been arrested in Spain after a body was found in the hunt for missing Belfast man John George. The 37-year-old, from west Belfast, also known as John Hardy, had been on holiday in Alicante ...

The force’s Directorate of Professional Standards will investigate the way it dealt with the cases under the direction of a police watchdog.

Friends star Lisa Kudrow has revealed she recently found a note from her late co-star Matthew Perry in a cookie jar he gave her from the set. Perry, who played Chandler Bing in the hit US sitcom, died ...