Cate Blanchett presented the award to Panahi, who three years ago was imprisoned in Iran before going on a hunger strike.

Gordon Lyons had faced criticism for his failure to attend a senior GAA match in the first 15 months of his tenure as sports minister.

Sir Ian McKellen delighted fans by making a surprise appearance at the Scissor Sisters reunion gig at London’s O2 on Friday evening. The US pop group, who celebrated the 20-year anniversary of their ...

Striking taxi drivers in Paris are threatening to take their protest to the French Open and block access to Roland-Garros on Monday, if the government does not listen to their demands. The drivers are ...

DIXIE McNEIL says Wrexham supporters deserve it more than most to be looking forward to life back in the Championship.

A FLINTSHIRE policing team has clarified its stance on when people will be arrested for what they post on social media. The North Flintshire policing team, in its daily update, addressed the "trope" ...

A stabbing attack at the central train station in the Germany city of Hamburg on Friday injured 17 people, with four of them ...

The health ministry said the new deaths took the war’s toll to 53,901 since the Hamas-led attack on October 7, 2023.

Ed Sheeran has joined the BBC Radio 1 Big Weekend line-up in Liverpool for a secret set. The Thinking Out Loud singer, 34, surprised fans on Saturday with a live set on the New Music Stage in which he ...

The former prime minister could be seen in an Instagram post shared on Saturday holding his daughter, Poppy Eliza Josephine Johnson.

Mr Trump said the cadets would become officers of the greatest and most powerful army the world has ever known.

Parts of the UK have had rainfall for the first time in more than 30 days after an unusually dry spring. Friday night brought downpours across most of the country – with more rain expected over the ...