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Prime Minister Andy Burnham has shared his gratitude for messages of support after the death of his father, saying it “means a great deal”.

Former athlete Sally Gunnell might have dozens of gold medals under her belt, but she admits she is far from immune from the impact of ageing and menopause on her body.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Wednesday that she wants to open the door for Canada to become the European Union’s first associate member.

“We all love a bit of chocolate orange, don’t we?

“This dish is an excuse to dip tortilla chips into something and call it dinner,” says chef Poppy O’Toole.

Chef Poppy O’Toole dubs this her ‘cheeky’ ricotta, fennel and sausage lasagne.

Chef and social media star Poppy O’Toole doesn’t mind when trolls come for her appearance – she just wants them to be kind about her food.

Ladbrokes and Coral owner Entain has revealed plans to cut around 400 customer care jobs worldwide as it blamed increased gambling taxes and warned more could be at risk from duty hikes.

Inflation increased to a five-month-high last month on the back of rising fuel prices and air fares, mounting more pressure on the Government to ease cost-of-living concerns for UK households.

A damaged building in Gaza City housing about six displaced families collapsed on Wednesday morning, killing at least 12 people and injuring 15, according to Shifa Hospital.

Three opening acts and Ed Sheeran’s own backing band have pulled out of his world tour after rapper Macklemore was removed from remaining dates over comments he made about Gaza.

Online giant Amazon has announced a pay increase for its frontline staff in the UK, ranging from 5.2% to 5.6% The company announced that full-time annual salaries will start at a minimum of £31,408, rising to £33,488 in some locations.

Porsche has broadened the number of options and introduced wireless charging to its Cayenne Electric SUV.

Retailer WH Smith has revealed more pressure on profits as it said results would be at the bottom of forecasts following a series of recent downgrades just months after a £100 million investor cash call.

An NBC news helicopter crashed in Los Angeles on Tuesday and burst into flames, killing at least three people while reporters were covering the nearby crash of an SUV and a bus, officials and the station said.

An Oxfordshire village which could house more than 1,000 asylum seekers has voted overwhelmingly to become an independent state in a symbolic “referendum”.

Bristol has become the first city in the country to ban adverts that encourage excessive consumption of fast fashion on council-owned billboards.

Surging fuel prices helped drive UK inflation higher again last month, according to official figures.

Police are continuing their search for a non-verbal autistic three-year-old boy who went missing following a visit to a playground.

Asthma often flies under the radar, and a leading charity has warned that children with the condition could be at risk of avoidable emergency hospital visits due to a lack of testing.

The owner of Victoria Square has secured planning consent to open a new aquarium themed visitor attraction at the Belfast shopping complex.

The PSNI is to contact the Parades Commission about a loyalist parade due to take place a day before a planned Orange Order march through the nationalist Garvaghy Road.

TO all intents and purposes, the border poll issue wasn’t really taken all that seriously between 1998 and 2015.

One of the PSNI’s most senior officers is set to be challenged over a police failure to target an offensive anti-Catholic anthem as a hate crime.

At the end of an inter-county season that saw her collect a second TG4 All-Ireland junior football championship title, Antrim’s Maria O’Neill has acknowledged that winning the ZuCar Golden Boot award ‘adds to the year as a whole’.

The memorandum of understanding signed by the first ministers of Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales on Monday was essentially a symbolic rather than a practical gesture, but there can be no doubt that it had a wider significance.

PROFESSOR Andrew Fullerton, QUB, is an eminent Belfast surgeon; now he has attained the distinction of being the first Belfast man elected President of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland.

Residents of a main road in east Belfast are being surveyed over new Irish language signs despite a council warning it could cause “community tensions”.

DESPITE last weekend in Doonbeg being about golf and despite Shane Lowry carding a record score, beating Bernhard Langer’s 1987 figure, Trump displayed his unrivalled ability to make the whole event about himself.

At first glance, there was nothing to suggest that four-year-old Melissa Hamilton, from Dromore, Co Down, was destined for anything extraordinary.

In a living room of a home in the Co Antrim village of Cushendun two decades ago, a group of people gathered to plot a plan to turn a more than 160-year-old church into what they hoped would be a thriving centre for arts and culture.

Stroke, stroke, stroke.

UK inflation is set to have accelerated further last month as higher fuel costs linked to the conflict in the Middle East and more expensive electronics pushed up the cost of living.

Britain’s investment in defence shows it is serious about security, and is an example of how Nato is becoming more European, the head of the alliance is expected to say as he meets with Andy Burnham.

A summer of high temperatures will lead to more potholes during winter, the RAC has warned.

Residents of an Oxfordshire village will learn the result of a symbolic independence referendum which was called amid opposition to Government plans to house more than 1,000 asylum seekers nearby.

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A series of social media ads for AI apps have been banned for promoting the creation of sexually explicit content and objectifying women.

Household complaints about water companies to the sector watchdog have seen their largest-ever annual increase following the steepest hike in charges since privatisation.

A new blood test has identified likely sepsis pathogens in a real-life patient days before conventional methods caught the infection.

More workers in Northern Ireland are suffering from poor health and work-related stress than in the Republic, new figures show.

A couple of weeks after a sixth round of chemotherapy, Conor Mulholland was in Doonbeg with his father Des last week, walking the golf course alongside some of the best professional golfers in the world.

Liverpool head coach Andoni Iraola praised his young fringe players for their contribution to the 3-1 Carabao Cup third-round win over Tottenham.

Brain tumour patients could be spared contrast dye injections during MRI scans with the help of artificial intelligence (AI).

Mikel Arteta acknowledged it is a joy to work with Arsenal’s “incredible” 16-year-old Max Dowman after he scored twice to inspire a 4-2 win at Ipswich in the Carabao Cup.

Lionel Messi is to make one final farewell appearance for Argentina against Benin on October 6.

Neil McCann hailed Kilmarnock’s character after watching his players bounce back from cup agony to pick up a first win at Hibernian in 12 years.

Reading boss Leam Richardson was furious at the controversial decision to rule out Paudie O’Connor’s superb first-half bicycle kick that cost the Royals in a 2-1 Carabao Cup defeat by Brentford.

Daisy Edgar-Jones has said Dame Emma Thompson’s performance of Elinor Dashwood in Sense And Sensibility is one of her “favourites of all time”.

Stephen Robinson has urged his Aberdeen side to keep building momentum after watching them coast to a comprehensive 4-0 win at Motherwell.