A Co Down farmer is celebrating after a pair of barn owls returned to his land to raise their brood. It comes a decade after David Sandford first noticed a barn owl as he walked across his fields in ...

Alexander Zverev reached his fourth French Open semi-final in four years after a straight-sets win over Alex De Minaur. The German fourth seed, still hunting a first grand slam title – and a first ...

There were teenage kicks at the French Open as 17-year-old Mirra Andreeva reached a first grand slam semi-final, where she will meet another first-timer, Italy’s Jasmine Paolini. Alexander Zverev ...

The pop up Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in Long Island hosted India’s victory over Ireland on Wednesday.

Joey Essex said he is not on Love Island for “petty games” after a fellow contestant was accused of flirting with him to be spiteful towards another villa resident. Harriett Blackmore, 24, a dancer ...

The Princess Royal has paid tribute to British D-Day veterans, telling one he was the reason she performed her public role. Anne met the former servicemen as they gathered in Normandy to remember ...

Taylor Swift has backed her fellow US superstar Lady Gaga for slamming down rumours that she is pregnant. Speculation has been swirling online that the US singer is expecting her first child with ...

Scottish teachers have rejected the latest pay offer from councils. The teachers’ panel of the Scottish Negotiating Committee for Teachers (SNCT) unanimously rejected the deal on Tuesday. The initial ...

THE tide's out now. On an early June day, the beach is long and wide and empty and silent – apart from the whistle of the wind in the ears.

At a 4am briefing on June 5, Stagg, a 29-year-old Scot who had been given the temporary rank of group captain, told the supreme commander Dwight D Eisenhower – not without misgivings – that the next ...

EARLY on the morning of June 5, 1944, General Dwight D Eisenhower, the supreme Allied commander in Europe, finally gave the order for the ...

People across the North East have been struggling to get dental care and the Northern Echo calls on both political parties to commit to ...