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Spain’s government has lost two key votes to ratify a package of emergency measures aimed at tackling the nation’s housing affordability crisis. The legislators convened on Friday as protesters ...

Justice Minister Naomi Long urged the Orange Order to ‘do the right thing’ and not march, describing many feeling ‘despair’ at the situation.

DUP leader Gavin Robinson also welcomed that a criminal investigation is under way into potential law breaking around the impasse.

A gem hunter in the US has dug up a six-carat diamond which he claims he has been told could be worth up to a million dollars (£750,000). Navy reservist Jack Pearadin and his friend shovelled the ...

A Scot who was released from an Indian jail after almost nine years remains in a “really dangerous and precarious situation”, campaigners working on his behalf have said. Dan Dolan, deputy chief ...

The Foreign Secretary is expected to join G7 talks amid US pressure on European countries to use their diesel reserves.

Violent protests involving angry students across France have continued with further scenes of vandalism, fire setting and teenagers confronting police. Friday brought more of the scenes that have ...

The family of a 16-year-old who died after a car plunged into the River Wear have paid tribute to their “beautiful girl”, saying she had a “zest for life”. Zara Shaw died when the vehicle went into ...

The RAC says the average price for a litre of diesel has risen to a new record high, with some forecasts charging 203p a litre on Friday.