PacemakerThe Royal Black Institution traditionally brings the parading season to a close at the end of AugustThe Royal Black Institution is marking the finale of the parading season with ...

Postal services around the world are pausing deliveries to the US over confusion around new import taxes that must be paid on parcels from the end of the month.US ...

Katy PrickettBBC News, CambridgeshireFamily handoutsAnne Martinez (left) and Karen Starling died the year after undergoing double lung transplants at the hospitalA hospital trust has paid a "six-figure settlement package" ...

Gwyndaf HughesScience VideographerAmanda Clark/Cabinet OfficeProf Michele Dougherty is the new Astronomer RoyalAstronomer Prof Michele Dougherty did not study science in secondary school – but was instead inspired to learn ...

Jayne McCormackBBC News NI political correspondentGetty ImagesAn independent review of the cardiac surgery unit was undertaken last yearOne of Northern Ireland's most senior nurses has described a leaked inspection ...

A senior general and former head of UK Special Forces has been appointed head of the Royal Navy.Gen Sir Gwyn Jenkins has taken over the role after Adm Sir ...

The sale of Royal Mail's parent company to a Czech billionaire has been cleared by shareholders.The approval of the £3.6bn deal, first proposed a year ago, will see the ...

Historic Royal PalacesHistoric Royal Palaces curator Claudia Acott Williams said "visitors will gain an intimate perspective on the design process" into these historic royal gownsA chiffon dress worn by ...

Two people have been taken to the Royal Victoria hospital after a crash on the M2 motorway, the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service (NIAS) has said.The NIAS said it despatched ...

Clive MyrieChief presenter'It's going to be a long night': Watch as Clive Myrie finds corridors filled with beds at London hospitalIt's just before 10:00 GMT at the Royal Free ...

Chocolate maker Cadbury has been dropped from the list of royal warrants for the first time in 170 years.The Birmingham-based chocolatier was awarded its first royal warrant as chocolate ...

Royal Papworth HospitalThe machine, nicknamed "lungs in a box", is designed to mimic the human bodyA new machine which keeps lungs alive outside of the body could "transform" the ...