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UK PM’s sibling Nick, who had learning difficulties due to complications at birth, had been battling cancer

Assad was diagnosed with acute form of disease in May and has been given 50/50 chance of survival

Health workers who fell ill on Covid pandemic frontline sue employers as they confront life-changing disabilities

New Labour government was rocked in autumn by images of unexpectedly-freed criminals popping champagne corks in prison car parks

Brian Spencer was seen on the video taunting police as they were pelted by stones

There is a danger that animal spirits and the propensity to invest expire in a vicious downward spiral

Tribunal found PSNI and Metropolitan Police carried out covert surveillance on Belfast reporters Trevor Birney and Barry McCaffrey

Kyle Clifford allegedly stabbed Carol Hunt (61) and fatally shot Louise (25) and Hannah Hunt (28) with a crossbow

Three rate setting officials backed a cut

Sara Sharif was found dead in August 2023 at her home after what prosecutors said was a campaign of ‘serious and repeated violence’

Pensioner died after alleged assault while walking dog in park near his home

Succession star Cox, who recently found out he’s 88% Irish, is often betrayed as grumpy, but he may be one of life’s great enthusiasts

UK-led Operation Destabilise investigation confirms Irish gang’s links to organised crime in Russia

Bill on assisted dying passes in House of Commons by wider margin than anticipated

Investigation into allegations of ‘racial profiling’ after police used draconian powers to disperse Traveller and Gypsy teenagers visiting Christmas markets

‘There is no deal to come out of Baku that will not leave a bad taste in everyone’s mouth, but we are within sight of a landing zone’

Russian president suggests missile similar to that used against Ukrainian city of Dnipro could be used to hit Kyiv allies that gave permission to use weapons they supplied against targets in Russia

Cost `obscene’ and waste of taxpayers’ money, claims campaign group

‘Standing still is retreat and the world will rightly judge us very harshly if this is the outcome’ warns UK’s Ed Miliband

New rules introduced by the UK government bring a quarter of farms back within inheritance tax, after three decades of being fully exempt. They’re right to be annoyed, but sympathy is waning