The sale of the Observer to Tortoise Media has been signed, kickstarting plans to shake up the world’s oldest Sunday newspaper with a new website and daily digital content. The deal will see Tortoise ...

Of the 500 adult players who completed a University of Edinburgh online survey, 55 were male and 44 were female.

A 15-year-old boy has pleaded not guilty to murdering an 80-year-old grandfather who died after an alleged assault while he was walking his dog in a park near his home. Bhim Kohli died in hospital on ...

Glenn Robert King, 32, of no fixed address in Lurgan, Co Armagh, and Kevin Paul McGuigan, 42, from Annacloy Park in Hillsborough, Co Down, appeared before Newry Magistrates’ Court via video-link on ...