4+ hour, 47+ min ago   (274+ words) Former chancellor George Osborne said Britain’s economy has “fallen off a cliff” since Brexit and that rejoining the European Union’s customs union would be the fastest route to recovery. Mr Osborne, who resigned as chancellor after being part of David…...

11+ hour, 57+ min ago   (323+ words) US officials secretly flew an American diplomat accused of possessing indecent images of children out of the UK without telling British police, it has been reported. According to The Sun, US authorities raided the diplomat’s London flat last month, seizing…...

13+ hour, 37+ min ago   (342+ words) Elon Musk and Sam Altman have backed a call from the boss of Anthropic for the artificial intelligence (AI) industry to “slow down” to give safety measures time to catch up. In an essay titled We Must Pace the Frontier,…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago   (567+ words) Plans to bring two critically injured children from Gaza to Northern Ireland for urgent medical treatment are in doubt as it is not clear whether DUP ministers will support the move. Health minister Robbie Butler is currently considering the plans,…...

2+ day, 11+ hour ago   (1055+ words) Terror “still knocks at the door of democracy”, Andy Burnham has warned as he expressed the nation’s unity with the US on the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks that shocked the world. With ceremonies being held either side of the Atlantic…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (1054+ words) On December 4, 1971, a bomb planted by the UVF exploded at McGurk’s Bar on North Queen Street in Belfast. The blast brought the family-run pub and home crashing down, killing 15 people, including two children, and injuring many others. The tragedy was…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (874+ words) A police chief has said officers are “absolutely ready” to use powers to ban face coverings at anti-migration protests, saying hundreds of masked men descending on his town would make him “nervous as well”. Forces have stepped up planning and…...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago   (739+ words) Almost three quarters of England remain in drought despite recent rain, as the country continues to battle its third drought in five years, officials said. While rain has turned the grass green again, and it would be “understandable” to think…...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago   (684+ words) Hundreds of people demonstrated outside Israel’s embassy in Bangkok to demand foreigners show more respect for Thailand’s laws and culture as public discontent over bad behaviour by visitors has increasingly focused on Israeli tourists. “The era of gentle diplomatic pleasantries…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (736+ words) The boss of supermarket chain Iceland has said he is “very proud to back British interests” as he announced the opening of a store in the Falkland Islands. Lord Richard Walker said his firm’s expansion plans into the British territory…...