At around the same time, a Red Cross convoy carrying dozens of released Palestinian prisoners left Israel’s Ofer prison.

Take a look at the images shortlisted for photographer of the year by the UK Picture Editors’ Guild (UKPEG) as finalists announced.

Drag queen The Vivienne has been honoured with a posthumous icon award at the inaugural Metro Pride Awards. James Lee Williams, who won the first series of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK performing under their ...

Trachtenberg joined the hit show in its fifth season as Dawn, the younger sister of Buffy, who was romantically linked to Angel, portrayed by Boreanaz. Elsewhere, James Marsters, who played British ...

An “inspiring” new thriller filmed in Scotland will explore how a young woman becomes “independent and strong”, the movie’s star has said. Mitsuki Kimura – known professionally as Koki – stars in ...

Anastacia, known for her hit song, I’m Outta Lova, is a vocal ally and has played at LGBT+ events such as 2014’s Manchester Pride and Gran Canaria’s Drag Queen Gala in 2023.

Ireland’s deputy premier Simon Harris has reiterated his Government’s commitment to support the Omagh Bombing Inquiry during a meeting with Northern Ireland Secretary Hilary Benn in Dublin. The ...

The Foreign Secretary said he still believed the agreement to cede the British Indian Ocean Territory to Mauritius was the ‘best deal’.

Henry Kelly’s long career brought him from reporting on the frontline of the Troubles in Northern Ireland to fame as a presenter of light entertainment shows Game for a Laugh and Going for Gold. The ...

In an open letter addressed to the BBC’s director general Tim Davie, chairman Samir Shah and chief content officer Charlotte Moore, hundreds of TV and film professionals and journalists criticised the ...

Consumer champion Martin Lewis has told MPs there are “major holes” in Lifetime Isas which need fixing. Giving evidence to the Treasury Committee, the MoneySavingExpert.com founder said: “I think the ...

Victims of the infected blood scandal will open up about their experience of what has been called the biggest treatment disaster in NHS history in an ITV documentary. More than 30,000 people in the UK ...