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Former taoiseach Bertie Ahern was speaking to the Institute of International and European Affairs.

The London Fire Brigade says one of its 64-metre turntable ladders helped to combat the blaze in a 15-storey block of flats.

The family of a British-Egyptian writer on hunger strike for 81 days hope his ‘nightmare’ will soon end.

Liiban Shakat said his friend was hospitalised with smoke inhalation after his e-bike allegedly caused a flat fire that forced 30 people to evacuate.

Tom Mann found fame as part of the English-Irish boyband Stereo Kicks on the 2014 series of X-Factor.

The second in line to the throne, who was born on June 21 1982, is celebrating his milestone on Tuesday.

Clive Watson, founder of City Pub Group, said it is ‘barely worth opening’ some sites near train stations.

Only 60% of trains will run on Wednesday due to the knock-on effects on the industrial action.

The former England footballer helped launch an anti-bullying campaign Don’t Face It Alone at No 10 Downing Street.

The grime artist shared advice with the class of 2020 graduating after the pandemic.

Former police chief Jon Boutcher said there was a concern that planned reviews of unsolved Troubles killings would prove ‘superficial’.

The Deputy Prime Minister wants the successor to the Human Rights Act to assert British courts do not always need to follow case law from Strasbourg.

Medical tribunal finds consultant paediatric anaesthetist Dr Robert Taylor dishonestly misled police and a public inquiry.

Services will still be disrupted by the industrial action.

Figures show that almost 19,000 GPs are planning to leave the profession.

Government cost-of-living support will only offer temporary relief for disabled people and their family carers, according to the charity Sense.

Stephen and Jennifer Chapple were killed at their home in Norton Fitzwarren, Somerset, on November 21 last year.

In contrast, footfall in outer London and market towns was down 6.2% and 2% respectively, reflecting increasing numbers of people working from home.

Scotland’s transport minister has written to Mr Shapps asking him to ‘seek a resolution to this dispute as quickly as possible’.

The Prime Minister told Cabinet any concessions to Russian president Vladimir Putin would be a ‘disaster’.