Benson and Hedges increased sales by €100m with packet re-designSales rise attributed to ‘silver slide’ pack, fuelling argument around plain packagingWed Feb 18 2015 - 11:51
UK judges can order DNA tests to settle parentage rowsMove aims to mitigate acrimonious divorce cases where parenthood is disputedWed Feb 18 2015 - 01:00
Opinion polls no encouragement as Labour seeks momentumEd Miliband makes right noises in car factory visit but his campaign remains stalledMon Feb 16 2015 - 19:57
More teetotallers in Britain as binge drinking dropsRise in size of Muslim population partly explains increase in sobrietyFri Feb 13 2015 - 22:00
Ex-Tory treasurer Lord Fink admits using Swiss trusts to avoid taxesAdmission by hedge fund boss seen by Labour as major victory for partyFri Feb 13 2015 - 09:44
Nick Clegg brings splash of Lib Dem yellow to jaundiced votersLondon Letter: British deputy PM lags constituency rival as party faces seat lossesFri Feb 13 2015 - 01:00
HRT increases ovarian cancer risk, says studyBenefits of hormone replacement therapy outweigh risks, says Irish Medicines BoardFri Feb 13 2015 - 01:00
Robinson says some of Scotland’s powers are about ‘feeling independent’NI First Minister will reject attempts to deprive North of secretary of state at Cabinet in LondonThu Feb 12 2015 - 07:56
Nicola Sturgeon hammers home her anti-austerity message in southSNP leader tells London gathering social justice is the way forwardThu Feb 12 2015 - 01:00
Syriza member says Sinn Féin’s rise ‘the best help’ for Greek governmentSenator David Cullinane says party wants to lead anti-austerity government in southWed Feb 11 2015 - 21:19
UK revenue settled with 1,000 people who had Swiss-based HSBC accountsUK tax authorities chose settlement over prosecution as ‘most efficient’ wayTue Feb 10 2015 - 06:00
Bafta’s advice: ‘If you want to get into TV the best advice is not necessarily to do a media course ’The British Academy Film Awards are on Sunday. But there’s more to Bafta than prizes, says the chair of the academy, Belfast woman Anne MorrisonSat Feb 07 2015 - 07:00
British shops warned over customers eating daffodilsBulbs mistaken for onions and leaves for Chinese vegetables, warns health bodySat Feb 07 2015 - 01:00
British Labour MP criticised over remarks about nuns’ teachingTristram Hunt differentiated between ‘qualified teachers’ and teaching by nunsSat Feb 07 2015 - 01:00
House of Commons votes to allow IVF ‘three-parent’ babiesMPs back efforts to cut number of serious inherited diseasesFri Feb 06 2015 - 16:46
PwC promoting tax avoidance on ‘industrial scale’ - committeeAccounting firm’s denials ‘misleading’, says public accounts committeeFri Feb 06 2015 - 07:31
‘Wolf Hall’ Thomas More depiction far from saintlyBishops object to TV drama’s take on More as a fanatical Protestant burner of hereticsFri Feb 06 2015 - 01:00
Ireland and Scotland agree to strengthen political tiesLinks to be harnessed to increase trade, tourism and EU co-operation, says FlanaganFri Feb 06 2015 - 01:00
Irish couple awarded prestigious Royal Institute of British Architects Gold MedalSheila O’Donnell and John Tuomey have been added to distinguished list of winnersWed Feb 04 2015 - 01:01
Government able to discuss IAG offer under rulesTakeover panel rules apply only to the companies involved in the proposed dealWed Feb 04 2015 - 01:00
Tsipras strikes more moderate tone ahead of Brussels visitGreece accepts it has ‘obligations’ to European partners and its creditorsTue Feb 03 2015 - 01:00
Emigrant body says Irish diaspora should be able to elect senatorsIrish in Britain organisation wants emigrants to be allowed to vote in Seanad electionsMon Feb 02 2015 - 22:00
Labour rules out scrapping plans to replace missiles in return for SNP supportScale of SNP’s demands make any form of post-election deal with Labour unlikelyMon Feb 02 2015 - 01:00
Labour pains in Scotland: how the SNP is driving the agenda‘The SNP will fight the coming election with some clear themes: Scots were robbed, Labour is dying and only they can deliver for Scotland’Fri Jan 30 2015 - 00:02
London Letter: Mounting fears of fraud ahead of general electionTroubling allegations of postal-vote cheating persist in key battleground constituenciesThu Jan 29 2015 - 19:32
British must bear Ireland in mind over EU membership, says Kenneth ClarkeReferendum unavoidable if Tories govern after May, says ex-chancellorThu Jan 29 2015 - 01:00
Peter Robinson ‘furious’ over DUP exclusion from BBC debatesLabour distances itself from claim it asked Sinn Féin to prop up minority governmentWed Jan 28 2015 - 20:37
UK Labour Party backs Stormont’s move to set corporate tax rateLabour’s Ivan Lewis pledged the party’s support subject to ‘acceptable level of scrutiny’Wed Jan 28 2015 - 01:00
Soft drinks with high sugar content linked to breast cancerStudy finds girls who frequently consume sugary drinks have first period months earlierWed Jan 28 2015 - 01:00
Cameron calling for debates role for Northern Ireland partiesMention of Northern Ireland parties seen as tactic to keep broadcasters on defensiveMon Jan 26 2015 - 22:19
MPs to challenge proposed British fracking legislationFracking incompatible with climate targets, says environmental audit committeeMon Jan 26 2015 - 01:00
Jewish leaders wary of accelerating cycle of fear in BritainHome secretary Theresa May’s speech amplified sense of threat, says Rabbi Miriam BergerSat Jan 24 2015 - 01:00
Exclusion of DUP from UK TV election debate ‘inexplicable’Excluding largest party in Northern Ireland ‘not acceptable’, says Peter RobinsonFri Jan 23 2015 - 20:33
London Letter: A lesser seen version of the German storyMajor exhibition about Germany challenges British assumptionsFri Jan 23 2015 - 13:18
Coeliac cases in children triple in UK over 20 yearsChildren from less well-off backgrounds only half as likely to be diagnosed, study findsFri Jan 23 2015 - 01:00
Cameron plans for Scottish home rule dismissed as inadequateScotland to get new powers next year on income tax, borrowing and welfare rulesFri Jan 23 2015 - 01:00
Sturgeon says SNP MPs can vote on English issuesScottish first minister says blocking privatisation of England’s NHS will benefit ScotlandWed Jan 21 2015 - 22:36
File detailing ‘unnatural practices’ of UK politicians discoveredFile prepared in 1980 for then prime minister Margaret ThatcherWed Jan 21 2015 - 21:26
British planning refusals for Traveller halting sites open to challengeLondon high court ruling finds European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) breachedWed Jan 21 2015 - 20:10
Irish-style drink-drive limits will kill pubs, say Scottish publicansNumber who failed breath-tests dropped by 20% over Christmas under new lower limitsWed Jan 21 2015 - 15:14
Call to scrap Trident renewal plan voted down by Tories and LabourCost of replacing UK’s nuclear submarine fleet put at between £25bn and £100bnWed Jan 21 2015 - 01:00
Spy services must be able to tap emails, says ex-MI6 chiefJohn Sawers backs PM’s view there cannot be any ‘no-go areas’ in communicationsTue Jan 20 2015 - 22:35
Muslims should not ‘go out of their way’ to prove loyalty to UKMuslim Council of Britain responds to minister Eric Pickles’s letter to mosquesMon Jan 19 2015 - 22:03
Claim that PSNI confirmed checks before letters sent to ‘on the runs’Ex-Northern Ireland Office official defends telling Republicans they were not wanted for prosecutionMon Jan 19 2015 - 21:18
No PSNI investigation into Rita O’Hare arrest warningTony Blair says peace process would have been in trouble if O’Hare arrested in 2000Fri Jan 16 2015 - 22:46
London Letter: Complaints against UK’s doctors on riseThe stress of investigations has even driven some doctors to suicideFri Jan 16 2015 - 13:44
Move to remove UK voting rights from Irish deniedSome 345,000 Irish-born voters are eligible to vote in UKFri Jan 16 2015 - 13:35
Charlie Hebdo: Religious insult still key for many British MuslimsSome Muslims feel sidelined in the debate about terror and freedomFri Jan 16 2015 - 01:00
Ukip leader Nigel Farage faces threat from comedianAl Murray, aka the Pub Landlord, aims to give Ukip leader a run for his money in UK electionThu Jan 15 2015 - 01:00
Tony Blair defends letters to ‘on the runs’ as critical to peace processFormer prime minister questions Theresa Villiers’s decision to declare letters worthlessWed Jan 14 2015 - 01:00
