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A union official said the NHS has reached a ‘boiling point’.

Conservative MP Anna Firth made the call in a bid to ‘get every machete off the streets and out of our homes’.

Policing minister Chris Philp defended the Government plans.

Around 4.5 million people are currently members and the group said it hopes to grow its membership by a further million over the next five years.

The former Downing Street communications chief played the tune in memory of politicians involved in the peace deal who ‘are no longer with us’.

Benjamin Shaw, whose sister and two of his nieces were killed in the West Bank, spoke out during a ministerial visit to his north London home.

Former taoiseach Bertie Ahern said the Good Friday Agreement would never have been signed without the decision to release prisoners.

The poppy will be plastic free and made of recyclable paper for the first time since it was introduced 102 years ago.

The National Education Union has issued guidance to ‘minimise disruption to Year 11 and 13 exam preparation’ during strikes next week.

The former Scottish finance secretary insisted ‘decisive action’ was now needed from party leadership.

Angela Rayner told trade unionists the SNP was ‘too warped by their internal wars’ to bring the change Scots were ‘aching for’.

Noel Hanna, an experienced Co Down mountaineer, was descending from Annapurna when he died, it is believed.

Ernest Moret, who works at Editions La Fabrique, was allegedly detained by officers after arriving at St Pancras railway station from Paris.

Darren Pritchard was warned a custodial sentence is likely over the fatal attack on 85-year-old Lucille Downer and two drug-related offences.

Hundreds of thousands of well-wishers are expected to travel to the centre of London for the ceremony on May 6.

The former taoiseach said legacy was one of the outstanding issues unresolved from the Troubles.

Simon Bottery of the King’s Fund, said social care is being ‘short-changed’.

Rishi Sunak said Ms McKee caught the imagination of young people in Northern Ireland.

Obesity is a major driver of type 2 diabetes, with research suggesting that obese people are up to 80 times more likely to develop the condition.

Dame Prue Leith became one of the first people to try the official coronation pastry at a special Big Lunch at Westminster Abbey.