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There was a steady improvement in sentiment in March, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors said.

A new website enables people to visit homes near them with a working heat pump to see it and ask users about the low-carbon technology.

In 2023, 11 Nato countries spent the equivalent of at least 2% of GDP on defence.

Deputy premier Micheal Martin has said he is bringing a formal proposal to the Government after working with other countries on a joint declaration.

The review said there was not enough evidence for some aspects of gender care and described the debate around gender issues as ‘toxic’.

The Prime Minister was challenged on his response to revelations that William Wragg had been targeted in a so-called ‘honeytrap’ scandal.

The Prime Minister said he is a ‘longtime devotee’ of the German sportswear giant’s classic trainers.

The Prime Minister insisted the Government has an ‘obligation’ to follow the legal advice of the conflict in the Middle East.

The Prime Minister has come under intense pressure to increase the military budget in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Ceri Menai-Davis will run the TCS London Marathon to honour his son, Hugh, who died of cancer aged six.

The supermarket giant said it benefited from a return to volume growth in the UK and Ireland in the second half of the year.

Andrew Holland was ‘not fully informed’ of the potential side-effects when he was prescribed prednisolone – a type of steroid – an ombudsman said.

The benefit would be most felt in low to middle-income countries, according to researchers.

Schools could lose more than £1 billion in funding by 2030 because of falling pupil rolls, according to the Education Policy Institute think tank.

Youngsters are turning to online sources to learn about sex which is leaving them vulnerable to potentially ‘dangerous’ information, a charity warned.

A wide range of stories feature across Wednesday’s front pages.

A yellow warning for rain will come into force between 9am and 10pm on Wednesday covering western areas of Scotland.

It represents ‘a unique case’ of partnership between a human and a wild South American fox, scientists say.

The Government had previously said creating a separate offence of assaulting a retail worker was not necessary and would not be ‘most effective’.

The new premier filled vacancies by appointing new ministers for enterprise and further education.