NATIONAL NEWS

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak promised a ‘future of optimism’ as the recipients of the Levelling Up Fund were announced.

Ian Kirwan was stabbed after challenging youths messing about in customer toilets.

The agreements were approved by then business secretary Kwasi Kwarteng in July last year.

Trading Standards teams across England and Wales reported a significant rise in underage vape sales last year.

Lawangeen Abdulrahimzai is accused of murdering Thomas Roberts outside a Subway sandwich shop in Bournemouth last year.

The Office for Environmental Protection warned targets are significantly at risk in areas such as reversing wildlife declines and clean water.

The company announced it has resumed the export of letters which do not require a customs declaration to all international destinations.

Simon Howarth conducted an inquiry following the death of David Nash, who was taken to hospital after four GP phone consultations.

Leo Varadkar said it would be “remiss” of him not to attend the World Economic Forum in Davos for a day and a half this week.

The Metropolitan Police officer has admitted 49 criminal charges, including 24 counts of rape, against 12 women over an 18-year period.

The bear has been named Sinbad in honour of his ocean journey.

Around a quarter of pupils felt only fairly safe or not safe at school in the last six months, a report suggests.

The UK’s biggest independent oil and gas producer said that it was reviewing its organisation in the country.

The job losses make up almost 5% of its workforce and will be made by the end of September, with some employees going immediately.

The Bishop of Oxford, the most senior Anglican bishop to publicly support gay marriage, said the change represented ‘significant steps forward’.

The Maritime and Coastguard Agency will be given powers from March 31 to prosecute people misusing the recreational craft.

Five officers could face the sack after the stop and search of Bianca Williams and Ricardo Dos Santos was probed by the Office for Police Conduct,

Kevin McLoughlin called for action after an inquest into the death of Michael Holmes, who was trampled to death by cattle while on a walk.

They were sentenced at the High Court in Glasgow on Wednesday.

Ben Wallace told critics of the Government’s controversial Legacy Bill: ‘Let’s see if it works’.