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 ...

The King has been named as the new patron of Cancer Research UK as he resumed public-facing events for the first time since his diagnosis. Charles, joined by the Queen, arrived at University College ...

A man with a sword has been arrested following reported stabbings and attacks on police officers in east London. The Metropolitan Police said officers were called to reports of a vehicle being driven ...

Nominations are open in the SNP leadership contest as senior figures have backed former deputy first minister John Swinney for the top job. Meanwhile, a smaller number of the party’s parliamentarians ...

Arsenal kept their Premier League title hopes alive with a resilient win in the north London derby. The Gunners claimed a 3-2 victory over fierce rivals Tottenham on Sunday afternoon, after surviving ...

The number of children living in temporary accommodation has reached another record high, leading a charity to warn that a generation are having their lives “blighted by homelessness”. There were ...

Earlier protests at Columbia, where demonstrators set up tents in the centre of the campus, sparked pro-Palestinian ...

Earlier protests at Columbia, where demonstrators set up tents in the centre of the campus, sparked pro-Palestinian ...

John Swinney has said he is giving “very careful consideration” to standing to be the next leader of the SNP in the wake of Humza Yousaf’s emotional resignation. Mr Yousaf had been facing two votes of ...

A “critical incident” has been declared in north-east London, an MP for the area said, amid reports of several people being stabbed at a Tube station. Wes Streeting, shadow health secretary and MP for ...

Three officers on a US Marshals task force serving a warrant for a person wanted for possessing a firearm were killed and five others were wounded in a shootout on Monday at a North Carolina home, ...

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