The sitting of the Covid inquiry in Belfast has been described as “an opportunity for candour” from Stormont’s leaders during the pandemic. The UK-wide inquiry opened hearings in the Northern Ireland ...

Sir Keir Starmer has promised retail workers he will crack down on crime and reverse what he called a Tory “Shoplifter’s Charter” in a speech. The Labour leader spoke at retail union Usdaw’s ...

The SNP has begun its search for a successor to Humza Yousaf – but the Scottish Government will still face a vote of no confidence in Holyrood on Wednesday. The Scottish Parliament confirmed the ...

Horrified onlookers have given dramatic accounts of how a sword-wielding man attacked members of the public and police, leaving a 14-year-old boy dead. As people in properties in the Thurlow Gardens ...

An 11-year-old cancer patient has said it was “very exciting” meeting the King and Queen after the royals gave him three books and a labelled Buckingham Palace gold chocolate coin. People gathered at ...

Rob Key has backed Jofra Archer to prove he is England’s “special” one at the T20 World Cup but admits he is still crossing his fingers over the seamer’s fitness after a year out of the game. Once he ...

The European Union said it is scrutinising Facebook and Instagram over a range of suspected violations of the bloc’s digital rulebook, including not doing enough to protect users from foreign ...

Defecting MP Dan Poulter “never asked me” about his concerns regarding the NHS, Health Secretary Victoria Atkins has said. Dr Poulter, a former health minister, defected from the Conservatives to ...

Wes Streeting, shadow health secretary and MP for Ilford North, said the emergency services are responding and one male has been detained.

Leading players, including O’Sullivan, are understood to have been approached by Far East backers about the prospect of establishing a ...

The German discount chain said it is offering a finder’s fee to people who can help it identify sites for new stores.

Deputy foreign secretary Andrew Mitchell said the increase in irregular migration in Ireland suggested the Rwanda effect was working as a deterrent.