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The Bayeux Tapestry, which depicts the 1066 Norman invasion and Battle Of Hastings, is to return to England for the first time in more than 900 years. The tapestry will arrive in the UK at the British ...
The Government will respond ‘properly’ to Sir Wyn’s recommendations by the inquiry’s October 10 deadline, minister Gareth Thomas pledged.
The NHS could face six months of disruption after resident doctors in England voted in favour of strike action. Downing Street said pay negotiations will not be reopened because the Government “can’t ...
Residents living near the A66 trans-Pennine route have welcomed the government’s commitments to dualling the road along its entire length.
Concern has been expressed over the siting of a loyalist bonfire close to an electricity substation in Belfast. The location of the towering pyre is also close to two major Belfast hospitals.
Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Lidl are among those calling on ministers to enact promised due diligence laws that effectively ban forest-risk commodities.
Women will be able to access a daily pill for hot flushes during menopause after it was given the green light for UK use. The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) said it is the ...
Betty Brown, 92, from County Durham, ran the Annfield Plain Post Office with her late husband when the faulty Horizon software was introduced.
Speaking at the Commons Foreign Affairs Committee, the Foreign Secretary admitted the impact of previous measures was ‘not sufficient’.
The hottest July temperature recorded in the UK is 40.3C, which was reached in Coningsby in Lincolnshire on July 19 2022. This was the first – and so far only – date on which temperatures above 40C ...
It follows a mixed picture in recent years, with one such attack in 2023 and 2022, none in 2021 and 2020, and five in 2019.