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The US president is continuing his four-day visit to the island of Ireland US President Joe Biden will address the Irish parliament on Thursday as his visit to the island of Ireland continues with a series of official engagements in Dublin. Before his address to both houses of the Oireachtas, Mr Biden will visit President of Ireland Michael D Higgins at his official residence in Phoenix Park and will also have a meeting with

The nation is continuing to narrowly avoid dipping into a recession The UK’s economy showed no growth in February as the nation continued to narrowly avoid dipping into a recession despite decades-high inflation. Teachers’ and Civil Service strike action acted as one of the biggest drags on gross domestic product (GDP), with thousands of workers walking out during the month. The decline in the services sector offset growth in the

The 74 year old has been extradited from Pakistan and is accused of killing the police officer in Bradford A 74-year-old man is to appear in court charged with the murder of Police Constable Sharon Beshenivsky in Bradford 18 years ago after being extradited from Pakistan. Piran Ditta Khan was brought back to the UK and taken into custody at a West Yorkshire police station, where he was charged with killing the

Cuts to “unnecessary red tape” will see the police spending less time recording rude but non-threatening messages and more time investigating crime on the streets, the Government has said. The move is part of a wider set of rule changes to how forces record crime, aimed at freeing up police time. Home Office minister Chris Philp said the department had listened to police forces and was making the changes so

The US president has given a keynote speech at Ulster University US President Joe Biden expressed hopes of a return to powersharing in Northern Ireland as he insisted stable devolved government could deliver an economic windfall for the region. In a keynote address at Ulster University in Belfast, Mr Biden praised the work of the UK and EU to strike the Windsor Framework on post-Brexit trading arrangements. The president’s visit to Northern Ireland comes

The news ends months of speculation about whether or not the Duke will be at his father's big day The Duke of Sussex is to attend his father the King’s coronation, but the Duchess of Sussex will miss the historic occasion and stay in California with the couple’s children, Buckingham Palace has announced. Harry, who laid bare his troubled relationship with the royal family in his controversial Netflix documentary and

The US president will also give a keynote speech at Ulster University US president Joe Biden will hold a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in Belfast on Wednesday after arriving in Northern Ireland on Tuesday night as part of a historic four-day trip to the island of Ireland. Mr Sunak greeted the US president after Air Force One landed at RAF Aldergrove on Tuesday night ahead of engagements across the

Star striker Erling Haaland broke another record during the match Erling Haaland scored his 45th goal of the season as Manchester City claimed an emphatic 3-0 victory over Bayern Munich in the Champions League quarter-finals. The prolific Norwegian added to a stunning first-half strike from Rodri and a Bernardo Silva header as City took firm command of their last-eight tie in the first leg at the Etihad Stadium on Tuesday.

Health Secretary Steve Barclay has described the timing of the walkout as 'regrettable' Junior doctors have entered a second day of strike action as the bitter dispute over pay shows no sign of being resolved. Health Secretary Steve Barclay said the timing of the strike was “regrettable” and he accused the British Medical Association (BMA) of putting patients at “greater risk” after not agreeing any national exemptions for strike action for some