Concern has been expressed over the siting of a loyalist bonfire close to an electricity substation in Belfast. The location of the towering pyre is also close to two major Belfast hospitals.

Residents living near the A66 trans-Pennine route have welcomed the government’s commitments to dualling the road along its entire length.

Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Lidl are among those calling on ministers to enact promised due diligence laws that effectively ban forest-risk commodities.

The King and Emmanuel Macron demonstrated the entente cordiale still remains strong between the UK and France as the French president began his state visit.

Speaking at the Commons Foreign Affairs Committee, the Foreign Secretary admitted the impact of previous measures was ‘not sufficient’.

Betty Brown, 92, from County Durham, ran the Annfield Plain Post Office with her late husband when the faulty Horizon software was introduced.

The airport in the northern Italian city of Bergamo briefly suspended flights on Tuesday after a person reportedly ran onto the tarmac and was sucked into an engine.

It follows a mixed picture in recent years, with one such attack in 2023 and 2022, none in 2021 and 2020, and five in 2019.

A first Netball Super League title was the result of both five years of building under Sam Bird, and more recent changes that transformed Pulse from challengers to champions.

The hottest July temperature recorded in the UK is 40.3C, which was reached in Coningsby in Lincolnshire on July 19 2022. This was the first – and so far only – date on which temperatures above 40C ...