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The story of the 1926 census is a snapshot of a society in the middle of demographic trauma

Carthew writes about her native place in context of a society that relegates communities to generationally diminished opportunity

British star, who rose to fame in Nescafe ads, also starred in Ted Lasso and Little Britain

Billionaire owner of social media platform X ‘trying to whip up division’, says Keir Starmer, following riots in Southampton

Eleven officers injured in Southampton during unrest over police response to student’s death

Cenk Uygur and his nephew Hasan Piker were prevented from boarding flights from Los Angeles to London

Dermot Sugrue is one of Britain’s best-regarded winemakers. He tells John Wilson how it all happened

Legal fees remain ‘one of the key drivers’ of higher costs in this area

As our children became enmeshed in their lives, coming back to Ireland became harder

A reconnected Ireland could meet the challenges of the future and materially improve the lives of ordinary people

On the downside for Ireland, speaking a global language has made us complacent on the need for better language skills

Co Tyrone fraudster acted as land agent for Michael Lowry and Denis O’Brien in property deals in England in the 1990s

Former prime minister says party’s ‘almost infinite capacity for self-delusion’ means it is likely to lose the next election

With climate change, such extreme weather events ‘happen with more ferocity’ and could lead to deaths

Record temperatures caused by heat dome, with hot air from Morocco trapped under an area of high pressure

Extreme heat settles upon western Europe, with values in Spain set to reach 40 degrees

Leaving the European Union has proven to be an economic slow puncture, rather than a car crash

The BBC broadcaster on how Brexit sent her searching for her Irish roots, reporting the Troubles in Belfast, and the ‘joy and privilege’ of hosting Round Britain Quiz

Scale of task facing Greater Manchester mayor evident in a constituency where Labour has haemorrhaged votes to Nigel Farage’s Reform party

Strains on economy and public finances come as ruling Labour Party engulfed in leadership crisis

Chancellor wins support from Tories but Nigel Farage says he would ‘like to buy this man a pint’

Royal couple spent the day in Northern Ireland

Grand old Scottish tradition of capping things with traffic cones comes to London

Lead actors have a spring-fresh charm but Minnie Driver’s character feels lifted from an American campus film

Strong interest in new personal investment accounts with preference for UK-style model, survey shows

Tricolours were mixed in with Union Jacks as Tommy Robinson held a big London rally while pro-Palestine marchers converged nearby

The UK does not set the price of its borrowing unilaterally, a lesson one Labour leadership hopeful must learn

Patrick Reilly, deputy head of mission at the British embassy in Ireland, on growing up in an Irish household in Manchester, trying to get into the Hacienda and more

Technology is being deployed by Irish military to detect threats to key underwater cables and monitor Russian ‘shadow-fleet’ vessels

After a week of drama at Westminster, London prepares for far-right and pro-Palestinian marches

In a vitally timely book, author asks whether citizens can come together in a ‘collective identity for Europe’

British government bonds, stocks and sterling fall

Having traversed Labour’s ideological spectrum, the Greater Manchester mayor is recasting himself as the party’s potential saviour

Greater Manchester mayor’s gamble on a byelection could catapult him into the Labour leadership — or end his career — as pressure mounts on Keir Starmer

UK prime minister and Labour leader met health secretary, who appears poised to challenge him, this morning

Global Shares indexes fall as US inflation climbs and oil gains for third straight day

If a leadership battle gets under way, these Labour politicians may be the key runners and riders

Health secretary’s soft-right credentials put him at disadvantage even with reduced membership under Starmer

Jen Hogan: On Conversations with Parents, Nolan discusses how her own experience growing up influenced her as a parent

Since February, all Irish or UK citizens must have a valid UK or Irish passport when travelling to the UK, regardless of dual citizenship