An anxious wait has begun for the Eurovision Song Contest winner, after 26 countries including the UK, Israel and Ukraine performed in Basel, Switzerland. The winner will be determined by viewer votes ...

A young boy has died after getting into difficulty in the water off the west coast of Ireland. Irish police said they and other emergency services attended an incident at Lissadell Beach in Co Sligo ...

Storm systems sweeping across parts of the US Midwest and South have left at least 27 people dead, many of them in Kentucky where what appeared to be a devastating tornado pulverised homes. In ...