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Chances of securing preferred primary school place ‘depends on regio...

Early findings suggest that many local authorities have seen a rise in the proportion of children receiving their first choice of primary school.

Family of murdered British-Israelis thank Government as they return...

Lucy Dee, 48, and two of her daughters, Maia, 20 and Rina, 15, were shot dead by terrorists in the West Bank

Unionism needs to ‘give itself a shake’ over Stormont return – Gerry...

The former Sinn Fein leader spoke to the media with Bertie Ahern and Jonathan Powell at a conference in Belfast.

Wes Streeting: PM ‘completely absent’ from NHS pay dispute

The shadow health secretary urged Rishi Sunak to intervene to bring an end to the deadlock between the Government and unions.

Sarwar challenges ‘divided and distracted’ SNP to call early Holyroo...

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar issued the challenge as he made a speech in First Minister’s Humza Yousaf’s Glasgow Pollok constituency.

Two men found guilty of charges relating to David Byrne murder at Re...

A judgment in relation to the charge of murder against Gerry ‘The Monk’ Hutch is due to be given in the afternoon.

Teenager sentenced over disorder outside hotel hosting asylum seeker...

Jared Skeete pleaded guilty to violent disorder last month.

International students from eastern Europe ‘most likely to have jobs...

Nearly three-quarters of students born in Romania were in employment at the time of the census.

Tory MPs call for more scrutiny of ‘unchecked’ regulators

The Regulatory Reform Group of Tory backbenchers said regulators wielded huge power, but faced little scrutiny from Parliament.

King and Queen Consort pick Coronation Quiche as celebratory recipe

Charles and Camilla personally chose the dish which features spinach, broad beans and tarragon.

Sunak under investigation by standards watchdog over interest declar...

The Prime Minister was facing the inquiry over a possible failure.

Communities left questioning Good Friday Agreement’s peace dividend...

Professor Mary McAleese was chairing a panel at a conference at Queen’s University marking the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement.

‘Effortlessly cool’ London street signs from 1950s and ’60s to be au...

The proceeds will be reinvested into the capital, Westminster City Council said.

‘Some patients left waiting more than two days for an ambulance’

Some 36,000 category 2 patients overall waited more than three-and-a-half hours in December for ambulances.

Police sergeant charged with three counts of rape

Devon and Cornwall Police said the charges related to alleged incidents in Plymouth in 2009 while David Stansbury was on duty.

Three killed as freak storm in Thailand capsizes fishing boats

Seven people were injured in the incident in the Gulf of Thailand, but more than 100 others who were also at sea were accounted for, officials said.

Target needed to eliminate racial disparity in maternal deaths, say...

Previous research found black women are almost four times more likely to die in pregnancy, childbirth and the period afterwards than white women.

First vote on National Care Service to be pushed beyond June, says m...

Social care minister Maree Todd said the delay is to find compromise with bodies who have raised concerns about the Bill already.

Mobile alerts system could eventually be used for terror and nuclear...

It will initially be used for red-alert weather warnings.

Lib Dems call for investigation into ‘purdah breach’ maths policy an...

Christine Jardine MP has said she is ‘deeply concerned’ that it breaches the Government’s own guidance on the pre-election period of sensitivity.