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Truss thought ‘why me, why now?’ after Queen’s death two days into premiership

Truss thought ‘why me, why now?’ after Queen’s death two days into premiership

Truss thought ‘why me, why now?’ after Queen’s death two days into premiership

12 April 2024

The Tory MP’s tenure in Downing Street lasted just 49 days after her disastrous mini-budget unleashed economic chaos.


Irish deputy premier rejects ‘absurd’ ambassador comments over Palestine

Irish deputy premier rejects ‘absurd’ ambassador comments over Palestine

Irish deputy premier rejects ‘absurd’ ambassador comments over Palestine

12 April 2024

Micheal Martin also defended not inviting the Israeli ambassador to his party’s conference in Dublin this weekend.


Chris Packham joins Extinction Rebellion in Science Museum sponsor protest

Chris Packham joins Extinction Rebellion in Science Museum sponsor protest

Chris Packham joins Extinction Rebellion in Science Museum sponsor protest

12 April 2024

More than 30 young people, scientists and supporters occupied Energy Revolution, the museum’s new climate gallery, on Friday.


Gang including ex-Come Dine With Me winners convicted over cannabis import plot

Gang including ex-Come Dine With Me winners convicted over cannabis import plot

Gang including ex-Come Dine With Me winners convicted over cannabis import plot

12 April 2024

The group planned to smuggle 58kg of cannabis into the country from the US, but were foiled following a theft at a London airport.


Royal Navy seizes almost £33m worth of drugs in Indian Ocean

Royal Navy seizes almost £33m worth of drugs in Indian Ocean

Royal Navy seizes almost £33m worth of drugs in Indian Ocean

12 April 2024

HMS Lancaster seized a total of 3.7 tonnes of illegal drugs including heroin, crystal meth and cannabis in the Middle East.


Sole Kingsmill survivor calls for public inquiry after ‘disappointing inquest’

Sole Kingsmill survivor calls for public inquiry after ‘disappointing inquest’

Sole Kingsmill survivor calls for public inquiry after ‘disappointing inquest’

12 April 2024

Alan Black described the inquest as ‘simply a Band-Aid’, adding he is ‘no closer to the truth’.


Recognition of Palestinian statehood by EU countries much closer – Irish premier

Recognition of Palestinian statehood by EU countries much closer – Irish premier

Recognition of Palestinian statehood by EU countries much closer – Irish premier

12 April 2024

Simon Harris met with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez.


Aintree racegoers enjoy Ladies Day – but fighting breaks out

Aintree racegoers enjoy Ladies Day – but fighting breaks out

Aintree racegoers enjoy Ladies Day – but fighting breaks out

12 April 2024

Merseyside Police said eight men had been arrested over the course of the day, including four on suspicion of affray and two on suspicion of assault.


Irish government ‘was reluctant’ to acknowledge border role in Kingsmill attack

Irish government ‘was reluctant’ to acknowledge border role in Kingsmill attack

Irish government ‘was reluctant’ to acknowledge border role in Kingsmill attack

12 April 2024

Coroner Brian Sherrard said the Irish border was ‘exploited’ by IRA terrorists


George and Amal Clooney speak about ‘war on truth, journalists and women’

George and Amal Clooney speak about ‘war on truth, journalists and women’

George and Amal Clooney speak about ‘war on truth, journalists and women’

12 April 2024

The human rights lawyer said ‘women are still fighting the most basic battles for their freedoms’.


Rayner will ‘do right thing and step down’ if found to have committed crime

Rayner will ‘do right thing and step down’ if found to have committed crime

Rayner will ‘do right thing and step down’ if found to have committed crime

12 April 2024

But the deputy Labour leader said she was confident she had ‘followed the rules at all times’.


Ten murders at Kingsmill an ‘overtly sectarian attack by IRA’, coroner rules

Ten murders at Kingsmill an ‘overtly sectarian attack by IRA’, coroner rules

Ten murders at Kingsmill an ‘overtly sectarian attack by IRA’, coroner rules

12 April 2024

A little-known republican paramilitary group had claimed responsibility for the 1976 shootings.


Woman reunited with Irishmen five years after taking viral photo in Times Square

Woman reunited with Irishmen five years after taking viral photo in Times Square

Woman reunited with Irishmen five years after taking viral photo in Times Square

12 April 2024

Christina Boniello snapped a photo of three Irishmen in New York City in 2019, not knowing she would meet them again in person five years later.


Kingsmill families say there must be public inquiry into 1976 atrocity

Kingsmill families say there must be public inquiry into 1976 atrocity

Kingsmill families say there must be public inquiry into 1976 atrocity

12 April 2024

The families of a victim and the only survivor of the Kingsmill attack said the findings in the long-running inquest had not answered questions.


Those responsible for Kingsmill atrocity ‘uninterested in transparency’

Those responsible for Kingsmill atrocity ‘uninterested in transparency’

Those responsible for Kingsmill atrocity ‘uninterested in transparency’

12 April 2024

Coroner Brian Sherrard said the ‘glaring omission’ from the inquest into the 1976 killings was the absence of any evidence from those responsible.


Kingsmill murders came amid intense spate of sectarian killings

Kingsmill murders came amid intense spate of sectarian killings

Kingsmill murders came amid intense spate of sectarian killings

12 April 2024

Eleven Protestant workmen were lined up on the roadside and shot in a hail of bullets, with only one surviving.


Rumours that Captain Robert Nairac was involved in Kingsmill are ‘utter fantasy’

Rumours that Captain Robert Nairac was involved in Kingsmill are ‘utter fantasy’

Rumours that Captain Robert Nairac was involved in Kingsmill are ‘utter fantasy’

12 April 2024

A coroner said rumours around Captain Nairac’s involvement in Kingsmill had persisted for many years.


Sunak carries out mini-reshuffle after minister steps down

Sunak carries out mini-reshuffle after minister steps down

Sunak carries out mini-reshuffle after minister steps down

12 April 2024

Mims Davies will become minister of state for disabled people, health and work while Andrew Mitchell has been named Deputy Foreign Secretary.


Victim’s children voice fears as review of murderer’s release moves forward

Victim’s children voice fears as review of murderer’s release moves forward

Victim’s children voice fears as review of murderer’s release moves forward

12 April 2024

Victor Farrant was jailed for life at Winchester Crown Court in 1998 for the murder of former girlfriend Glenda Hoskins, 44.


Yousaf: UK may be complicit in Gaza deaths if arms exports to Israel continue

Yousaf: UK may be complicit in Gaza deaths if arms exports to Israel continue

Yousaf: UK may be complicit in Gaza deaths if arms exports to Israel continue

12 April 2024

The First Minister condemned the attacks by Hamas in October but said Israel’s reply ‘has gone far beyond any legitimate response’.


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