In the 1960s, approximately 30,000 Irish-born nurses were working across the NHS, constituting roughly 12pc of all nursing staff.

Climate change is set to disproportionately affect today's children, especially Generation Alpha, with predictions of ...

The first set of photographs Charmaine Toh sought to acquire for the Tate’s collection after she started work as its new photography curator last year was a series made during the Vietnam war. The ...

VE Day celebrations continue into the night with a star-studded concert in London's Horse Guards Parade to mark the 80th ...

Vets in the UK are calling for controversial pig farrowing crates to be banned which could trigger other countries around the world to follow the same path. The crates, used to confine pigs before ...

Doctor Who season 2's The Story and the Engine takes the TARDIS to Lagos, where the mysterious Barber reigns supreme. The ...

Other notable death in April include basketball Hall of Famer Dick Barnett, “Dennis the Menace” star Jay North, former ...

A man has told of his surprise at finding Second World War documents from a Scot who fought in the conflict hidden in a desk ...

Countries long associated with emigration, such as Mexico and the Philippines, are now rich enough to have passed their ...

During the Second World War, women gained greater independence as they stepped into traditionally male roles - but the end of ...

It was bizarre living in Dublin during my formative years, feeling both at home and out of place in the very country that was ...