Boris Johnson insisted Brexit will not see the UK "abandon its leading role" in Europe as the UK's new Foreign Secretary made his debut on the international stage.

The jury in the trial of a woman accused of neglect and cruelty to eight of her children has retired to consider a verdict.

The Moffett sibling rivalry is set to dominate Sunday’s Sepam Tipperary Stonethrowers Rally in Clonmel, following the late entry of the elder brother Sam.

A vote on banning smoking in cars where children are present is to take place in the Welsh assembly today.

Airline Flybe is expected to announce a new service to Cork and Dublin airports today as part of a major 10-route expansion out of Cardiff airport in Wales.

The parents of April Jones wept today as they watched the demolition of the “house of evil” where she is believed to have been murdered.

The house where paedophile Mark Bridger is believed to have murdered April Jones is being readied for demolition.

Wales could be the first part of the UK to ban smoking e-cigarettes in enclosed public spaces.

Wales is to become the first country in the UK where people will be presumed to have consented for their organs to be donated unless they opt out.

Agriculture ministers from the countries affected by the horsemeat scandal are to gather in Brussels today for a meeting chaired by Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney.

Proposals to introduce a presumed consent system of organ donation in Northern Ireland have been announced.

A storyline in TV drama Casualty warning about the dangers of smoking had to be binned – because of Wales’s anti-smoking laws.

British Prime Minister David Cameron has ordered an investigation into whether the North Wales child abuse inquiry "properly did its job" following allegations that a senior Conservative Party figure was involved.

Environmental officers are today working to safely remove 40,000 litres of fuel from a stricken cargo ship which ran aground in rough seas off the coast of Wales, sparking the rescue of seven crew members.

Coláiste Íosagáin has been a crumbling eyesore for Údarás na Gaeltachta since it acquired the Ballyvourney site in 1998.

The mayor of Co Cork, Cllr Tim Lombard, is to lead a delegation to meet Minister for Marine Simon Coveney in a last-ditch attempt to get Government backing to save the Cork-Swansea ferry.

The operators of the Cork to Swansea ferry service were unable to secure the investment required to ensure its survival, the High Court heard yesterday.

The operators of Cork Swansea ferry service have been unable to secure the investment required to ensure its survival, the High Court heard.

The ferry link between Cork and Swansea is to end, with the loss of 78 jobs.

A SIX-YEAR-OLD schoolgirl was stripped and sexually abused by almost two dozen classmates on a daily basis, it was revealed yesterday.