4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (737+ words) People living in a Norfolk village fear a former country hotel could be used to house asylum seekers after plans were submitted to create a 20-bedroom HMO there. An application to convert part of the White Pheasant in Lenwade, about…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (315+ words) Drafting the next Scottish budget will be “extremely challenging” amid tight fiscal conditions, the Deputy First Minister has said. Jenny Gilruth said she will not shy away from the challenge of balancing the Scottish Government’s books. She will be speaking…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (190+ words) A decision by the Parades Commission to impose restrictions on the annual Orange Order parade at Drumcree in Portadown has been quashed in the High Court in Belfast. The legal challenge to the determination, which was launched last month, had…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (1319+ words) Andy Burnham vowed that the UK would not be deterred from supporting Ukraine be ‘outrageous’ threats from Russia (Henry Nicholls/PA) Andy Burnham has urged Ukraine’s allies to send more interceptor missiles to Kyiv as Ukraine struggles under continued Russian…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (556+ words) Andy Burnham has pledged to continue Britain’s support for Ukraine as he told the country it was keeping “the flame of European freedom” alive in the 21st century. In an address outside St Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv on Monday, the Prime…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (594+ words) Andy Burnham has pledged to consult the victims and survivors of terrorism about creating a permanent national memorial. Speaking at the inaugural National Day for Victims and Survivors of Terrorism in central London, he said: “We see you, we hear…...