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The performer and award-winning author discusses why and how he made his first film, Layla, a buoyant new drama concerning a British-Palestinian drag queen

Many were from the vanished tribe of Catholic ‘loyalists’ who saw no contradiction between their faith, desire for Home Rule and loyalty to the British Empire

London Letter: Remembrance Sunday is when elites pay respects at the Cenotaph but Armistice Day is different

Starmer commits to cutting emissions by 81% at climate summit overshadowed by Trump election win

Spiritual leader of 85 million Anglicans faced calls to step down after report found he took insufficient action to stop serial abuser

Following the release of his latest novel, The Proof of My Innocence, the author discusses his ‘stylistic homecoming’, the evolution of Liz Truss and why he’s spending more time with his ‘imaginary friends’

London-born, Nigeria-raised daughter of middle-class immigrant parents is first black woman to lead major political party in Britain

This Dubliner has seen a lot of change happen in London, but when will she come back to Ireland?

With the Doomsday Clock set at 90 seconds to midnight, the US and Russia’s Cold War stand-off seems quaint in retrospect

Badenoch, now the first black leader of a major UK party, defeated Robert Jenrick

Jack Kavanagh (24) pleaded guilty to two charges of conspiracy to possess a firearm

Governing parties need to convince electorate that they can deal with persistent problems such as housing and infrastructure

Bank’s UK car finance arm Northridge Finance pauses new lending ‘for a short period’ following court of appeals ruling relating to existence and size of commissions

Everyone wants senior cycle reform to succeed, but if junior cycle is an indication, there are real grounds for concern

African and Caribbean nations are advocating for reparations over the UK’s role in the slave trade, as 56 countries meet in Samoa

Minimal disruption to Irish flights following police investigation into reports of suspicious vehicle

So far this year, 47 deaths have been reported by coastguard, including a baby

London Letter: Tech workers pay big sums to rent small houses built in the shadows of Guinness Trust blocks of affordable homes

‘Low-speed collision’ took place on Monday night near village of Llanbrynmair, close to a passing loop on single-track line

Incident led to protests among London’s black community

Environmental Protection Agency is scrutinising terms of permit for Dawn Meats in Ballyhaunis

The Welsh capital was a hub for immigrants a century before the Windrush generation landed in England

‘Intelligent manipulator’ Virginia McCullough (36) hid bodies in makeshift tombs at family home in England

The UK’s budget this month takes on near-totemic importance for Labour as it tries to reset the narrative

Campaigners such as Esther Rantzen, who has lung cancer, welcome the news that Westminster will debate a proposal to give terminally ill people to right to seek help ending their lives

An English person in Ireland speaks with eight centuries of history gesticulating over her shoulder

It was leaked to the BBC that Gray was earning more than the UK prime minister in a series of briefings against her

French interior minister Bruno Retailleau says the boy had been ‘trampled to death’ after the vessel suffered engine failure

Agreement will allow right of return for Chagossians, who the UK expelled from their homes in 1960s and 1970s

Brexit and the sea border have dragged all aspects of trade with Northern Ireland into the zero-sum game of traditional politics

European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen set to meet UK prime minister Keir Starmer in Brussels

‘Renewables will soon overtake coal as the single biggest source of global electricity’

Down in numbers and out of government, Tories gather in Birmingham to lick their wounds after election drubbing

Deputy chief of defence staff told Johnson it would be possible but warned of diplomatic repercussions

Kemi Badenoch would be favourite in a vote of party members, but only if MPs decide to put her in the final pairing

Money at model’s Fashion for Relief charity was used to pay for her stay at Cannes hotel, spa treatments, room service and cigarettes, says watchdog

Prof Michael McBride says he was not certain ‘we always got the balance right around end-of-life decisions around visiting’

Court of Appeal judgment ‘should be respected by all’, says ICRIR’s Declan Morgan

This was number one on the writer’s bucket list, but a lifelong fascination culminates in a tour that leaves him ‘dark and depressed’

Starmer’s chief of staff Sue Gray is targeted by anonymous internal critics