Nicola Sturgeon on Leo Varadkar’s shyness, Enda Kenny’s charm and Martin McGuinness’s bear hugsThe former Scottish National Party leader talks politics, life, love, pain and her new autobiographySat Aug 16 2025 - 06:00
Occasion of Welsh language cultural festival ‘dramatic and emotional’ To get a sense of the scale of this event, imagine a Gaeltacht concoction of Aosdána, Electric Picnic and the National Ploughing Championships Fri Aug 15 2025 - 10:00
Beers and cheers as Wrexham’s latest Hollywood sequel kicks offIn a Britain plagued by bad news, this modest Welsh town’s luck seems to be holding outWed Aug 13 2025 - 05:00
Pro-Palestine demonstrators in London braced for mass arrests this Saturday for holding placardsRally in support of banned group Palestine Action planned for 1pm on Saturday outside parliament in Westminster Fri Aug 08 2025 - 16:46
Kate Forbes’s looming exit from Scottish politics clears way for SNP leadership rivalsScotland’s youthful deputy first minister will stand down next May for family reasonsWed Aug 06 2025 - 16:56
The truth is out there: how many disgruntled ex-Tories can Nigel Farage’s Reform UK swallow?A UFO-hunting police and crime commissioner is the latest to switchTue Aug 05 2025 - 18:09
Keir Starmer promises ‘no more gimmicks’ as migrant-returns deal with France kicks inSmall boat arrivals across the English Channel are at record levels Tue Aug 05 2025 - 17:45
New rows over old divisions in Labour before Westminster MPs take summer breakBritish prime minister Keir Starmer attempts to reassert authority but risks reopening wounds by suspending rebel MPsThu Jul 17 2025 - 18:00
Starmer and Martin to hold talks following Labour revolt over plan to abort Troubles Legacy ActBritish prime minister was reminded that he ‘looked victims’ families in the eye’ and made them a promiseWed Jul 16 2025 - 19:47
Labour accuses Tories of ‘total incompetence’ over injunction and secret Afghan resettlement schemeIn 2022 the UK’s ministry of defence accidentally leaked names of 18,700 Afghans who had helped British forcesWed Jul 16 2025 - 18:19
Where a cherry costs £1: Ordinary London neighbourhoods falling to gentrification Spiralling rents are putting the UK capital out of reach for all but the highest earnersWed Jul 16 2025 - 05:00
UK’s Labour government facing backbench revolt over plan to repeal Troubles Legacy ActVeterans minister said to have threatened to resign over plan to revoke immunity for British soldiers and othersTue Jul 15 2025 - 22:46
September dates for Donald Trump’s UK state visit confirmedTrump will be hosted by King Charles at banquet during three-day visit, but address to parliament unlikelyMon Jul 14 2025 - 09:29
‘Freedom of expression is sacrosanct’: Michael McGrath on his role as EU commissionerThe Corkman in charge of the commission’s justice portfolio on censorship, Chinese retailers and protecting EU citizens from Russia’s ‘blatant lies’Fri Jul 11 2025 - 06:00
Starmer pokes fun at Farage’s expense, but Reform leader may have the last laugh as migration looms large in UK-France summitBritain’s prime minister badly needs an asylum seeker returns deal with FranceThu Jul 10 2025 - 06:00
A belated appreciation of one of Britain’s oldest ethnicities: the Irish ‘elders’UK-based Irish people are not celebrated in the same way as those who moved to the US, but that may be changingWed Jul 09 2025 - 06:00
Small boat migration, Russia’s war on Ukraine, and US trade dominate discussion as Emmanuel Macron visits UKFrench president begins three-day state visit by meeting King Charles and addressing MPsTue Jul 08 2025 - 19:14
Government fears referendum to give Irish diaspora vote in presidential elections ‘could be lost’ Defeat may be the outcome ‘if we hold this referendum without a proper debate ... without letting people know what this means’Mon Jul 07 2025 - 16:55
Karl Brophy buys stake in Piers Morgan’s growing media groupIrish former journalist and British broadcaster have known each other yearsSat Jul 05 2025 - 23:00
Piers Morgan: ‘My DNA is predominantly Irish whether Ireland wants that or not’Broadcaster on his famous friends, future of media, ‘pathetic’ Kneecap and why his Offaly roots don’t make him a BiffoSat Jul 05 2025 - 06:00
‘Worst of any prime minister’: Ten moments that defined Labour’s first year in power in the UKFrom a ‘loveless landslide’ to excessive gloom and a climbdown forced by his own MPs, the UK prime minister has endured a torrid first 12 months in officeFri Jul 04 2025 - 14:00
Welsh first minister Eluned Morgan sympathises with Rachel Reeves Prime minister says tears were as a result of a ‘purely personal’ matterThu Jul 03 2025 - 18:52
Keir Starmer forced by his own MPs into embarrassing climbdown on disability cutsPrime minister staves off defeat, but Labour rebels effectively gut government’s welfare reform legislationTue Jul 01 2025 - 19:45
Lucy Letby case roils Britain’s legal and medical establishmentsCheshire police arrest three senior staff from Countess of Chester hospital, where Letby worked before her conviction for murder of babiesTue Jul 01 2025 - 15:54
Keir Starmer facing Labour rebellion on Tuesday despite caving in on disability benefit cutsLabour rebels accuse British government of ‘rowing back’ on deal agreed last weekTue Jul 01 2025 - 05:00
Cost to take priority over ‘aesthetics’ in future State infrastructure projectsMinister for Public Expenditure Jack Chambers was in London where he spoke of a new “disciplined” approach to investmentFri Jun 27 2025 - 06:00
Vote on Keir Starmer’s disability cuts Bill faces major challenge from Labour rebelsGovernment proposals to reduce spend on personal independence payments faces showdown moment Wed Jun 25 2025 - 18:04
Eastwood faces big hurdles for Áras but observers of the MP in Westminster say he has an edgeCharismatic former leader of SDLP, currently MP for Foyle, is considering a run for the Irish presidency this autumnTue Jun 24 2025 - 18:43
Tempers flare at pro-Palestine protest in central LondonUK government is to proscribe the Palestine Action groupMon Jun 23 2025 - 19:30
How the death of an ‘old boy from Ireland’ in London-Irish suburb sparked a misguided viral appealThe death of Martin Fallon from Sligo recently sparked a viral post about Archway’s evolving Irish enclaveFri Jun 20 2025 - 09:11
Europe should stop whining and ‘act like the superpower’ it is, former US general warnsBen Hodges tells a London audience that Nato members on continent should prepare for future Russian strikes on their air and sea portsThu Jun 19 2025 - 17:25
Kneecap case: ‘A woman pointed to a sniggering Móglaí Bap as the magistrate asked if anyone knew an Irish interpreter’Bedlam and singing outside London court as Kneecap’s Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh appears on charge over displaying Hizbullah flagWed Jun 18 2025 - 13:37
Liberal-minded Tories call for ‘defence of civility’ in face of populist politicsTory MP at launch of report on centre-right politics suggests Chinese influence became a ‘cancer’ in the British economy Tue Jun 17 2025 - 19:00
Zia Yusuf: Reform UK’s biggest ‘star’ after Nigel FarageScottish-born Muslim eyes a future in parliamentTue Jun 17 2025 - 12:00
Keir Starmer accused of being ‘dragged into’ U-turn on grooming gangs abuse inquiry Review ordered by British government highlights ‘over-representation’ of Pakistani men in abuse of British girlsMon Jun 16 2025 - 19:04
Nigel Farage sets Britain’s political weather but Reform UK has clouds in its own skyDespite success with voters, recent upheaval was a reminder that Farage’s party can still self-harmFri Jun 13 2025 - 16:16
Reeves vows to ‘renew Britain’ with big rises for NHS, housing and defence in spending reviewChancellor says years of Tory austerity budgets created a ‘lost decade for growth, wages and living standards’ Wed Jun 11 2025 - 14:20
A Joycean mystery is mapped out in London as Bloomsday loomsFormer Fleet Street veteran has acquired an atlas he believes is linked to UlyssesWed Jun 11 2025 - 02:00
Traveller youth take the reins as crowds visit Appleby Horse FairAnnual equine festival is display of pride by Irish and British Travellers and Romany GypsiesSun Jun 08 2025 - 18:00
‘Scunnered’ Scottish voters go to the polls in crucial byelectionSNP favourite to win while Reform UK fancies its chances of beating Labour, which has lost ground it gained in 2024 general electionWed Jun 04 2025 - 19:50
‘Simply not good enough’: MPs concerned by ‘intolerable risks’ at Sellafield site‘Simply not good enough’: Westminster report on clean-up job at Sellafield flags worsening dangersWed Jun 04 2025 - 08:59
Mother and son risk death in solidarity with each otherPolitical issues eclipsed by the love and worry of a daughter and sisterTue Jun 03 2025 - 17:11
Britain to move closer to ‘warfighting readiness’ as review calls for defence overhaulStrategic defence review launched in Westminster as UK government promises investmentTue Jun 03 2025 - 06:00
UK-Israel relations plunge as calls grow in Britain to recognise PalestineBritish and Israeli officials trade fierce criticism after Keir Starmer’s threat of sanctions over attacks on GazaFri May 23 2025 - 15:00
Alleged display of Hizbullah flag at Kneecap gig may prove costly for rapper Flag associated with Lebanese armed group alleged to have appeared at one of the band’s gigs in Kentish Town, north London, last November Thu May 22 2025 - 16:06
‘I soon regretted not putting on pants’: Unwelcome early-morning callers arrived at my door, demanding £1,000Bailiffs hired by local authorities prefer payment before breakfast - especially at the weekendWed May 21 2025 - 05:00
‘We need him here with us’: 69-year-old woman on hunger strike in Britain over son imprisoned in EgyptLaila Soueif believes time is running out for her human rights activist son – and for herTue May 20 2025 - 17:04
All smiles and bonhomie as Keir and Ursula clinch dealPost-Brexit agreement covers areas such as trade, security and defence contracts, food standards, the energy market and emissions tradingMon May 19 2025 - 17:53
UK declares ‘new chapter’ in relationship with EUThe deal has been agreed between the European Union and the UK and also includes elements on security and defenceMon May 19 2025 - 16:56
Defence pact likely to be centrepiece of EU-UK ‘reset’ summit in LondonKeir Starmer to host Ursula von der Leyen for UK’s first formal summit with Brussels since Brexit, with talks on knife edgeSat May 17 2025 - 05:00
