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Longest-serving High Court judge hailed at retirement ceremony

Longest-serving High Court judge hailed at retirement ceremony

Longest-serving High Court judge hailed at retirement ceremony

08 June 2022

Mr Justice Holman, 74, is stepping down after 27 years on the bench.


Sir Cliff Richard recalls how he feared heart attack after sex assault claims

Sir Cliff Richard recalls how he feared heart attack after sex assault claims

Sir Cliff Richard recalls how he feared heart attack after sex assault claims

08 June 2022

Being falsely accused could ‘completely destroy you’, he said.


Cancer diagnoses hampered by staff shortages – report

Cancer diagnoses hampered by staff shortages – report

Cancer diagnoses hampered by staff shortages – report

08 June 2022

The Royal College of Radiologists said staff shortages are the ‘number one concern’.


Cambridge rises in global university rankings

Cambridge rises in global university rankings

Cambridge rises in global university rankings

08 June 2022

UK is home to four universities in the top 10.


Sir Keir Starmer set to visit Dublin and Belfast amid NI Protocol row

Sir Keir Starmer set to visit Dublin and Belfast amid NI Protocol row

Sir Keir Starmer set to visit Dublin and Belfast amid NI Protocol row

08 June 2022

The Labour leader will meet President Micheal Higgins and Taoiseach Micheal Martin on Thursday.


Irish Government ‘ignoring’ unionists’ concerns over protocol

Irish Government ‘ignoring’ unionists’ concerns over protocol

Irish Government ‘ignoring’ unionists’ concerns over protocol

08 June 2022

Sir Jeffrey Donaldson said the protocol has left him being treated like a second-class citizen.


Pupils turn to social media over lack of climate change education

Pupils turn to social media over lack of climate change education

Pupils turn to social media over lack of climate change education

08 June 2022

Parents show strong support for climate change in polling but pupils and teachers say the topic can be a ‘tick box’ exercise.


Brain changes linked to emotion ‘found in people with broken heart syndrome’

Brain changes linked to emotion ‘found in people with broken heart syndrome’

Brain changes linked to emotion ‘found in people with broken heart syndrome’

08 June 2022

The condition is a sudden form of acute heart failure, usually brought on by emotional or physical stress such as the loss of a loved one.


MP complains of ‘seagulls the size of jumbo jets’ in plea to help deprived areas

MP complains of ‘seagulls the size of jumbo jets’ in plea to help deprived areas

MP complains of ‘seagulls the size of jumbo jets’ in plea to help deprived areas

08 June 2022

Labour MP Ian Lavery challenged Communities Secretary Michael Gove to visit deprived areas in his constituency.


Moderna announces promising results from next-generation Covid vaccine trials

Moderna announces promising results from next-generation Covid vaccine trials

Moderna announces promising results from next-generation Covid vaccine trials

08 June 2022

People who had the jab showed a significant jump in antibody levels, even compared to the original Moderna jab.


Foreign Office chief says it has ‘lessons to learn’ from Afghan evacuation

Foreign Office chief says it has ‘lessons to learn’ from Afghan evacuation

Foreign Office chief says it has ‘lessons to learn’ from Afghan evacuation

08 June 2022

Sir Philip Barton said he should not have stayed on holiday last summer as Kabul fell to the Taliban.


Ex-film producer Harvey Weinstein facing UK indecent assault charges

Ex-film producer Harvey Weinstein facing UK indecent assault charges

Ex-film producer Harvey Weinstein facing UK indecent assault charges

08 June 2022

Legal experts believe extradition could be possible.


Pollster retracts claim about YouGov

Pollster retracts claim about YouGov

Pollster retracts claim about YouGov

08 June 2022

Chris Curtis apologised and said he was ‘happy to clarify the position and apologise to YouGov for any confusion caused’.


Thunderstorms and possible hail and lightning to hit parts of the UK

Thunderstorms and possible hail and lightning to hit parts of the UK

Thunderstorms and possible hail and lightning to hit parts of the UK

08 June 2022

Met Office says a few areas could see ‘in excess of 30mm of rain in a couple of hours, possibly accompanied by lightning and hail’.


Young mother stabbed by ex-soldier ‘knew he would kill her’, court hears

Young mother stabbed by ex-soldier ‘knew he would kill her’, court hears

Young mother stabbed by ex-soldier ‘knew he would kill her’, court hears

08 June 2022

Jennifer and Stephen Chapple were knifed to death by their neighbour Collin Reeves on November 21 2021, following a row over parking.


Department ‘will welcome difficult questions’ at Muckamore Inquiry – barrister

Department ‘will welcome difficult questions’ at Muckamore Inquiry – barrister

Department ‘will welcome difficult questions’ at Muckamore Inquiry – barrister

08 June 2022

The Muckamore Abbey Hospital Inquiry is examining allegations of abuse of patients at the facility in Co Antrim.


Northern Ireland Protocol Bill amounts to ‘agitator legislation’ – Beattie

Northern Ireland Protocol Bill amounts to ‘agitator legislation’ – Beattie

Northern Ireland Protocol Bill amounts to ‘agitator legislation’ – Beattie

08 June 2022

The UUP leader is in Westminster this week for a series of meetings to discuss the political stalemate in Northern Ireland.


Call to tackle phosphorus impact on food and water security

Call to tackle phosphorus impact on food and water security

Call to tackle phosphorus impact on food and water security

08 June 2022

Poor management of phosphorus is leading to water pollution and food shortages, with farmers struggling to afford some fertilisers for their crops.


Nuclear test veterans demand recognition at first meeting with Prime Minister

Nuclear test veterans demand recognition at first meeting with Prime Minister

Nuclear test veterans demand recognition at first meeting with Prime Minister

08 June 2022

Boris Johnson was told about debilitating health issues suffered by servicemen and their descendants as a result of radiation exposure.


Twice as many gaming accounts belong to customers in most deprived areas – study

Twice as many gaming accounts belong to customers in most deprived areas – study

Twice as many gaming accounts belong to customers in most deprived areas – study

08 June 2022

Some 29% of gaming accounts are registered to the most deprived areas while 13% come from the least deprived areas, researchers have found.


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