Schoolchildren formed a guard of honour outside St Mary’s Oratory in Buncrana ahead of the service for Emmanuel Familola, 16.

The Israeli government said it has launched a new military operation in the Gaza Strip to increase the pressure on Hamas to release the remaining hostages. Defence minister Israel Katz said Operation ...

Three Iranian nationals have appeared in court charged with spying offences on behalf of Iran’s foreign intelligence service. Mostafa Sepahvand, 39, Farhad Javadi Manesh, 44, and Shapoor Qalehali ...

Lando Norris got the better of team-mate Oscar Piastri in final practice at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix as Max Verstappen showed signs he could take the fight to the McLaren pair. Championship ...

Ukrainian officials said the attack happened just hours after Moscow and Kyiv held their first direct peace talks in years.

Ten men broke out of a New Orleans jail on Friday in an audacious overnight escape by fleeing through a hole behind a toilet ...

POET and novelist Sir Ben Okri will launch the 2025 Essex Book Festival. The former Essex University student and honorary graduate will discuss his latest book, Madame Sosostris and the Festival for ...

The broadcaster joined demonstrators outside the supermarket’s AGM in Manchester who are calling on the chain to ditch ...

Aidan O’Brien has issued a positive bulletin on star stayer Kyprios following his Saval Beg Stakes victory at Leopardstown on Friday evening. The seven-year-old claimed a third success in the Group ...

The UK has condemned a Russian drone attack that killed nine people in Ukraine early on Saturday. The attack, which struck a passenger bus in Ukraine’s north-eastern Sumy region, came just hours after ...

Victory away against Nottingham Forest next Sunday will secure a return to Europe’s top club competition for the first time since 2023.

Sade Adu moved to Essex in 1963 (Image: PR) Sade Adu was born in Nigeria in 1959 and moved to Colchester to live with her grandparents at the age of 4. The Nigerian-British singer-songwriter grew up ...