The results came back about eight weeks later. I clicked on the DNA Relatives section of the site, not thinking anything would come of it. But the first thing ...

Getty ImagesThe number of people surviving cancer has improved hugely in the past 50 years, but experts warn progress has been uneven with some cancers with the worst survival ...

Georgina RannardClimate and science correspondentDavid BellDennis Bell was on a two-year assignment in Antarctica The bones of a British man who died in a terrible accident in Antarctica in ...

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Spinner Liam Dawson will play his first Test in eight years after being named in the England team to face India at Old Trafford on Wednesday.Left-armer Dawson, 35, returns ...

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Geoff MaskellBBC News NI weather presenterBBCArmagh Observatory holds weather records dating back to 1795Armagh Observatory is marking a very special meteorological milestone as the institute celebrates 230 years of ...

BBCDaryl Patton, 40, from Newtownabbey was sentenced on WednesdayA drug dealer who used the encrypted communications platform EncroChat to smuggle large quantities of cocaine into Northern Ireland has been ...

A PhD student convicted of raping and drugging 10 women in London and China has been sentenced to life with a minimum term of 24 years.Zhenhao Zou, a Chinese ...

And he added: "But the type of skill set that Dundee were looking for, then I think I'm very much aligned to that and I've demonstrated that throughout my ...

Lauren Hirst & Rachael LazaroBBC News, ManchesterGMPMohammed Zahid, who led the gang, was known as "Boss Man" and worked on Rochdale marketSeven men have been found guilty of sexually ...

The backlog in routine hospital treatments in England has reached its lowest level for two years.Data for the end of April showed the waiting list dropped to 7.39 million, ...