General news

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.

Thousands of women who missed smear tests by mistake to be invited f...

About 13,000 women who had undergone hysterectomies were left off the list of patients to be offered tests.

Mitchell urges parties to find compromise to restore Stormont Assemb...

The former US senator was delivering a keynote speech at the beginning of a conference to mark 25 years since the Good Friday Agreement.

UK demands release of British-Russian opposition leader jailed in Mo...

Foreign Secretary James Cleverly paid tribute to Vladimir Kara-Murza Jr for ‘bravely’ denouncing Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.

Wife of jailed British-Russian opposition leader ‘baffled’ by sancti...

Foreign Secretary James Cleverly paid tribute to Vladimir Kara-Murza Jr for ‘bravely’ denouncing Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.

Health Secretary marks one year since Anne’s Law standards introduce...

Care home residents can designate family members or friends as visitors even during Covid-19 outbreaks.

NHS strikes make waiting list promise ‘more challenging’ – Sunak

Rishi Sunak said it was ‘obviously disappointing’ that nurses in England had rejected the Government’s pay offer.

Sunak admits failings on teacher numbers as he recommits to ‘maths t...

The Prime Minister insists he wants to boost the nation’s poor levels of numeracy.