The Duke of Edinburgh has made his first public appearance since being discharged from hospital last week.

A mother was today charged with murdering her three children when she appeared before a specially-convened court hearing at a hospital.

A 21-year-old man was arrested today after two children died following a blaze at their home in Britain.

MORE THAN 5,000 people have applied to carry organ cards after Liveline presenter Joe Duffy highlighted the plight of people needing a life-saving transplant this week.

An Irish woman has died in hospital following a hiking accident in Scotland.

A 35 year-old-man has been arrested and charged in connection with the incident involving British nurse Magdeline Makola who was missing for 10 days, police said.

COMMON bugs may play an important role in some cases of unexplained cot death, according to a study.

Hospital bosses in Britain are considering moving Bibles from patients’ bedsides because of concerns about offending non-Christians and spreading the superbug MRSA, it emerged today.

Six people were gunned down in a spate of shootings across the south of the UK within the same hour earlier today, police said.

Rescue workers were searching for survivors trapped in the rubble of a factory which was destroyed in explosion today leaving at least two people feared dead.

Two people were feared dead and dozens injured after a massive explosion at a plastics factory today.

Harry Potter author JK Rowling was celebrating today after giving birth to a boy.

Authorities in Cuba have said high winds ripped a wing off a small aircraft which crashed on the island, killing four Britons and 12 other people.

A Northern Ireland student was badly hurt when her scarf got tangled in the wheel of rickshaw, police said today.