Health Secretary Wes Streeting said he would do everything he could to ensure NHS patients are ‘treated faster, free at the point of use’.

She was best known for playing mother figure roles in Lassie and Lost In Space, but insisted she was nothing like the characters she portrayed.

Left-wing independent Catherine Connolly pledged to be a president for all after being elected as Ireland’s 10th president. The former barrister from Galway, who secured 63% of first preferences in a ...

In an interview with The Associated Press last week, Harris, 60, also made clear that running again in 2028 is still on the table. She said she sees herself as a leader of the party, including in ...

Lucy Powell’s victory in the deputy leadership contest could add to Sir Keir Starmer’s headaches at the end of a bruising ...

Viewers of Strictly Come Dancing have suggested that one star was underscored by the judges. This week, all the stars celebrated musical icons, including the likes of Prince, the Spice Girls, Beyonce ...

Questions have been raised about the judgment of Fianna Fail leader Micheal Martin and his deputy leader Jack Chambers in picking the political novice for the contest, and the shortcomings in the ...

John Swinney has said he would be happy to meet with the family of Sheku Bayoh, after the chairman of the inquiry into his death stood down. The First Minister’s comments come as the Scottish Greens ...

Russian missile and drone attacks on Ukraine overnight into Saturday killed at least four people and wounded 20, officials ...

Reform UK MP Sarah Pochin has apologised for any offence caused after saying “it drives me mad when I see adverts full of black people, full of Asian people”. She said her comments were “phrased ...

Reform MP Sarah Pochin has hit out at “woke” adverts “full of black people”. The Runcorn and Helsby MP said it “drives me mad” and claimed the “average white family” was no longer represented. Labour ...

Labour’s new deputy leader Lucy Powell has urged Sir Keir Starmer to be bolder and give a “stronger sense of our purpose”. Ms ...