The fragile ceasefire has given rise to cautious hope for longer-term peace even as Tehran insisted it will not give up its nuclear programme.

Angela Rayner insisted the Government was not expecting backbenchers to go against traditional party values amid a looming revolt over the welfare Bill set for a Commons vote next week.

Roseanna McPhee welcomed the First Minister’s formal apology which she said came as a result of years of campaigning.

The 19-year-old was killed when his motorbike crashed into a car driven by American national Anne Sacoolas outside RAF Croughton in 2019.

Major housebuilders cannot be relied upon to achieve the Government’s target of building 1.5 million new homes, a housing expert has said, as he criticised a “failed monopoly” in the sector.

It follows a request by a solicitor acting for the family of Annette McGavigan, 14, who was killed in 1971 during unrest in Londonderry.

The King has requested the Sugababes be played on the red carpet at his King’s Trust Awards ceremony as he celebrated the winners with a host of stars.

Marcus Arduini Monzo, 37, killed 14-year-old Daniel Anjorin with a samurai sword in Hainault, north-east London, on April 30 last year.

Committees from the Scottish Parliament, Welsh Senedd and Northern Ireland Assembly have written jointly to Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall.

The family said they are continuing to live with a life sentence as they deal with Stewart’s ‘ongoing attempt to evade justice’.

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Newsquest has confirmed it is once again the official media partner of the 2025 biz4Biz Herts Business Awards, which are recognised as the top business awards in Hertfordshire.