NATIONAL NEWS

The former first minister’s submissions to an inquiry into sexual assault claims made against him have been obtained by national newspapers.

Ameera Sheikh, a Unite union representative and ICU nurse, said ‘my colleagues aren’t coping very well’.

Arlene Foster was speaking following tense scenes at a meeting of the Stormont Executive over an independently run test planned for February 27.

Sir Andrew McFarlane says the degree to which hearings take place without regard to the confines of a normal working day is concerning.

It comes as some companies have already paused exports into Europe, including Ireland, due to Brexit red tape.

The Government has launched a public campaign in a bid to curb the spread of the virus.

Halton, the Isle of Wight and Knowsley have seen the biggest week-on-week increases.

The National Union of Students has urged the Government to step in with support amid the national lockdown.

The UK Government will continue to give the ‘highest priority’ to the sector, peer have heard.

The Team GB athlete accused the force of racial profiling following the incident in west London.

Fine Gael’s Neale Richmond has asked online regulator ComReg to investigate after the Leave.EU group moved its website office to Waterford.

The incident has been described as ‘unique’ by the local fire service.

The peak of the third coronavirus wave is expected in the third week of January.

Kwasi Kwarteng has been promoted to Business Secretary as Mr Sharma focuses soley on the climate change conference.

Health chiefs said it was ‘tough out there’ on hospital wards as the region targets 300,000 vaccinations a week.

The US President tweeted on Friday to confirm he would break with tradition and not attend the January 20 ceremony for his successor.

Mother-of-two Lauren Farr conned We Fight Any Claim for over three years while working for them

Specialists are working to recover the aircraft.

Andrew Laird, 51, from near Malton in North Yorkshire, was prosecuted after he received 16 speeding tickets.

Some 1,325 people had died within 28 days of testing positive for Covid-19, the latest daily figures show.