MI5 blocked an appeal by Irish prime minister Bertie Ahern for the UK to share intelligence on any terrorist threat to the Sellafield nuclear facility, according to newly-released government files.

Gerry Adams said his party was ‘deeply concerned’ about proposed new laws to tackle anti-social behaviour in 2004.

SaxaVord on the northernmost inhabited island of Unst is home to the UK’s only licensed ‘vertical launch’ spaceport.

Newly-released files show Downing St officials argued conversations with foreign leaders must remain confidential.

Newly-released files show Downing Street apologised after PM’s telegram was addressed in an ‘improper manner’.

Initiatives to calm interface tensions in Belfast through the use of shared phone networks were frustrated when participants turned off their mobiles during riots, declassified files from 2002 have ...

Scottish Tory leader Russell Findlay has said he is “not holding my breath” on achieving a budget deal with the Scottish Government. The key ask of the party, he told the Press Association, is the ...

An interim report from Operation Kenova found that more lives were probably lost than saved through the operation of agent Stakeknife.

The actor said there is a lack of real debate on social media these days and instead people are just ‘screaming’ at each other.

On a less localised level, Lloyds said that most parts of the UK recorded growth in the value of homes in 2025. Northern Ireland led the way with growth of 5.8%, although property values fell in ...

The information is contained in newly declassified briefing papers for a meeting of ministers of the newly formed executive in February 2000.

More than 1,100 official files at the Public Record Office in Belfast have been opened to the public under the 20-year rule.