The opposition leader in Somalia’s breakaway region of Somaliland won last week’s election, the electoral commission has said. Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi of the main opposition Waddani Party ...

One of the UK’s most senior police officers said the summer riots showed the damage that can be done if online hate is left unchecked.

A mother accused of squeezing her baby to death has been cleared of murder. Laura Langley, 38, was alleged to have killed seven-week-old daughter Edith who collapsed at the family home in Blackpool, ...

Michael O’Neill believes Northern Ireland’s successful Nations League campaign has shown his young team is moving in the right direction ahead of next year’s World Cup qualifying campaign.

Climate campaigners in the Borders have recently been active in pushing for a halt to new fossil fuel projects.

A BORDERS sheep shearer has been celebrated at a British Wool conference. Una Cameron, of St Boswells, was one of three shearers recognised for breaking records this year. The Borderer smashed a world ...

Germany’s defence minister said officials had to assume damage to two data cables under the Baltic Sea, one of which ends in Germany, was caused by sabotage — although he said they had no proof at ...

Ousted former MP David Duguid has thanked medical staff who aided his recovery after he left a spinal injuries clinic on foot. Mr Duguid suffered a spinal stroke in April, later contracting pneumonia ...

A City statement said: “Manchester City can confirm that Lauren Hemp has undergone a successful knee surgery. We can confirm that Lauren Hemp has undergone a successful knee surgery. The England ...

The “first taste of winter” caused traffic delays and school closures in parts of the UK on Tuesday as the country saw wintry showers and a light blanketing of snow. Weather warnings covered the east ...

Under-threat public toilets in the Borders' ‘gateway town’ are to remain open this winter after a funding gap was plugged.

Dimitar Berbatov is urging football fans to devote greater attention to their mental health as part of a trailblazing new campaign this November. The former Manchester United star racked up 48 goals ...