United Kingdom

Seven people killed after car driven wrong way on dual carriageway in northeast England

Two police officers died in crash that took place near Middlesbrough in early hours of Saturday

UK, Australia and Canada criticise Israel over Gaza aid convoy killings decision

Strikes killed seven humanitarian workers from US-based World Central Kitchen organisation in 2024

Prince Harry, Elton John and others to pay initial £9.5m to Daily Mail publishers in legal fees

Claimants lost British high court case over allegations of unlawful information gathering

Harry and Meghan: The controversies, key moments and conflicts

The couple plan to relocate to the UK this month

‘No British citizenship, no benefits.’ Kind of.

Reform UK unveils tough proposals to save £50 billion. But what about the Irish?

‘They’re not alone’: Chris Hoy on his ambition to stop men dying of prostate cancer

Cycling great on living with stage-four diagnosis, fundraising with Miguel Induráin and importance of public education about the disease

GP jailed for sexually assaulting women during examinations after road crashes

Muhammad Iqbal denied the offences but was convicted following a trial

Jason Arday found dead after resigning from Cambridge over plagiarism claims

Former professor resigned last week after accusations of plagiarism and inconsistencies in his career

Hundreds evacuated from Croatian and Greek resorts as wildfires stretch across Europe

EU’s climate change service warns of ‘very extreme’ conditions across large area of central and eastern Europe

Netanyahu calls UK ‘the Islamic Republic of Britain’

Relations between UK and Israel have become increasingly strained since Andy Burnham took over as prime minister

Emergency alert sent to mobile phones with wildfire warning after UK blazes

The fires led to thousands of 999 calls on Thursday, the UK’s hottest day of the year

Harris lobbies against Israeli bond approvals returning to Ireland

Luxembourg will not renew role as approval body, causing it to revert to Dublin from September

Is it better to nudge or tax for change? At last, some data

While nudges can be quick, easy and effective, serious policy action usually requires a regulatory or tax alteration

Several homes ablaze as firefighters try to contain grass fire in British midlands

Care home residents evacuated as a result of the blaze, local councillor says

Europe needs to start treating the climate emergency as a threat to our national security

Idea that climate action is about individual responsibility is as ridiculous as suggesting everyone can equip themselves to fight in war

Here’s a radical idea for the Government: start telling us the truth

Its lack of candour on big issues such as Aughinish and data centres is rust that corrodes trust in democracy

Sale of vapes and cigarettes to young people could be banned

Government considering ban for anyone born after certain date

UK terror police investigating Ann Widdecombe’s death reopen old investigation

Reform UK spokeswoman and former Tory minister died after she was hit over head with hammer 21 times in July

Reuniting with my husband after a challenging period of separation, we sit in delicate territory

He and I each found new ways to go about our daily lives outside the routines we had slowly built together over 12 years

West Cork is a common target for drug smugglers. But the methods used have changed

While ways of bringing contraband into the State and the Continent have changed over the years, the country’s geography has not

Labour wins decisive victory in Greater Manchester mayoral byelection

Significant boost for new prime minister Andy Burnham while Reform UK ‘massively underperforms’

EU weather records broken as multiple countries battle to contain wildfires

Three firefighters killed in Greece on Wednesday, hundreds of residents and tourists evacuated in France and Spain

Shamed funeral director accepts he is ‘hated and despised’ pariah, court told

Robert Bush from Hull, England is to be sentenced for 67 offences spanning 12 years and affecting hundreds of victims.

Profits for group behind duck producer Silver Hill Farm fly above €5m

Agribusiness generated more than €157m in turnover last year, filings show

Irish Life dividends near €2bn under Canadian ownership

Dividend payments well exceed €1.3bn Great West Lifeco paid for Irish Life in 2013

‘They described me as a threat to national security’: Vincent Kearney on being tracked by MI5

Veteran journalist heard from sources after spy revelations that he ‘might as well have been a tout’

Why all the anti-Dublin bias?

Cork, Limerick, Galway and Waterford are fine, but none is a global city. Why, then, all the anti-Dublin bias?

Andy Burnham likes to be liked. There could hardly be a worse qualification for the job

Is the new Labour Party government just as doomed as Keir Starmer’s?

Government plans to ‘lean in’ to Andy Burnham’s Irish heritage, says junior minister

Minister of State Neale Richmond is in Britain to launch the Republic’s new diaspora strategy

Starmer ally hits back at Burnham administration in row over its first big policy announcement

Former chancellor contradicts new PM’s administration on source of funding for electricity bills VAT cut

Ann Widdecombe was hit 21 times on the head with a hammer, London court told

Joshua Kerry (28) charged with murder of former MP and Reform UK spokesperson in Devon earlier this month

New prime minister Andy Burnham’s focus on domestic issues is good for UK

Labour leader is clear-eyed about Britain’s social and economic problems and candid about how Brexit has made them worse

The heartening manner of Keir Starmer’s leaving

A welcome reminder that opponents are not enemies

‘I am ready’: Andy Burnham to become UK’s seventh PM in 10 years

Former Greater Manchester mayor, who replaces Keir Starmer as Labour leader, says party is on ‘last chance’ to change

What’s the story behind Argentina players holding up a banner about the Falkland Islands?

Hundreds of years of dispute preceded the postmatch display at the World Cup of a banner saying ‘Las Malvinas son Argentinas’

A hard sell to the public if it looks like British racing is fighting the bookies’ battle

Bitterness at affordability checks for gamblers clashes with popular support for putting manners on gaming corporations

England to ban sale of energy drinks to under-16s from April 2027

Move will apply to beverages containing more than 150mg of caffeine per litre but will not include tea and coffee

The hosepipe snitches of suburban Ireland: It’s just not very ‘love thy neighbour’

Every country has its psychic hang-up. Is inter-citizen policing Ireland’s?

Starmer defends record in emotional final outing as UK prime minister

Starmer offers Andy Burnham full support and defends action on NHS waiting lists, child poverty and economy

UK wasted €11bn on defective or unused PPE during pandemic, Covid inquiry finds

Report criticises Tory government’s fast-tracked assessment of supplier offers made by contacts of ministers

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