National News

Boris Johnson backs tax cuts to boost economic growth

Boris Johnson has thrown his weight behind calls for tax cuts to kickstart growth and boost the Tories’ chances of winning the next general election.

Patients face longer waits unless strikes end NHS leaders warn

The NHS will struggle to clear treatment backlogs and improve emergency care unless strikes by thousands of staff are brought to an end, health leaders have said.

Travel agent who pretended to family and customers she had cancer jailed

Lyne Barlow has been sent to prison for nine years

Disgraced paedophile pop star Gary Glitter freed from jail

He was jailed in 2015 for abusing young girls

Man caught in Windsor Castle grounds with crossbow admits Treason Act charge

Jaswant Singh Chail was detained on Christmas Day 2021

Princess Anne returns to maternity hospital 42 years after she opened it

The hospital opened its doors on March 28, 1981

Ford to make F1 return in 2026 with Red Bull engine partnership

Ford terminated its involvement in F1 when it sold Jaguar to Red Bull 19 years ago

DUP reiterates it will not re enter Stormont until protocol replaced

Tanaiste Micheal Martin has met with the main five political parties in Belfast amid the continuing stalemate within the devolved government

Sports ministers to discuss IOC plans to allow Russian athletes at 2024 Olympics

They are set to meet next Friday

Everyone wants a title battle Max Verstappen challenges rivals to step up

His comments came at the launch of Red Bull's F1 Season in New York

NatWest boss U turns on decision not to face MPs in bank probe

Dame Alison Rose, NatWest’s chief executive, came under pressure from the Treasury Committee after saying she was too busy to attend the meeting.

Sam Smith truly overwhelmed after Gloria goes straight to number one spot

Gloria is the fourth record from the 30-year-old pop vocalist, and their third number one