Kanye West and anti-Semitism: Giving rapper stage at festival would certainly pose risk
If West were serious about atonement, he would put any thought of performing at festivals aside
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Vodafone’s stock market rebound risks losing reception
Vodafone soars more than 80% from near 30-year low last April to about £1.18
‘We see you’: Britain claims it rumbled ‘secret’ Russian plot to interfere with subsea cables
UK’s defence secretary John Healey says covert Russian submarines have left location near UK territorial waters after being tracked for over a month
The British government has no business in banning Kanye West from the country
Free-speech absolutism is the only logical position in modern democracy. Yes, even when the speech is as base and bigoted as this
Kanye West banned from entering UK amid pressure over planned Wireless festival appearance
Wireless music festival, which Kanye West was due to headline, has now been cancelled
Pressure mounts on UK government to ban Kanye West after Wireless Festival backlash
Australia cancelled the rapper’s visa last July after he released a song promoting nazism
Difficult to understand why Ireland would shun UK’s model for savings account
UK’s Individual Savings Account allows individuals to invest up to £20,000 a year, with no tax on contributions or growth, and no exit tax
Nigel Farage’s ‘turquoise wave’ set to crash on Norfolk shores
Prosperous rural region of east England is among the areas the Reform UK leader intends to turn into a graveyard for the Tories
Iran war shows UK needs ‘ambitious’ new EU ties, Keir Starmer says
Comments come as US-UK relations are increasingly strained over Middle East
‘Angela is queen bee’: Rayner plots her return to top table of Westminster politics
UK’s former deputy PM is planning a podcast series and memoir. She may be a contender if Keir Starmer flounders - and she clears up her tax issues
Deadline looms for Irish people to tap UK state pension rights
Cost of buying back national insurance to jump fivefold from next week as authorities tighten rules for expat workers
I want to buy UK state pension years but I have heard nothing back and deadline is looming
Although it will still be possible to purchase National Insurance years after the weekend, it will be costlier
Man who assaulted woman during call with Barron Trump jailed for four years
Russian man drunkenly beat up victim when he became jealous of her friendship with US president’s son
Children under five should have no more than an hour a day of screen time, UK guidance says
Screen time for children under two should be avoided other than for shared activities encouraging interaction
England set to charge foreign tourists for entry to leading museums
Move would affect British Museum and National Gallery, but could depend on success of government ID card roll-out
The TV in our Airbnb was the size of a ping-pong table hung on a wall
To say my head has been turned is an understatement. Lily Allen would be horrified
Trump turns on Starmer over Iran war: ‘What if Donald shouts at me?’
US president once called Starmer a friend. But UK’s decision not to join the attacks on Iran has led to merciless mocking by Trump
Labour’s century-long hold on Wales faces collapse – but why?
Shifts in identity, social change and the strain of long incumbency mean Ireland’s nearest neighbour is about to undergo a sea change
Martin Clunes on playing Huw Edwards in controversial new drama: ‘Wow, this is what he really said’
Clunes plays the former BBC News presenter in Power: The Downfall of Huw Edwards
Anti-Semitism and anti-Muslim sentiment duel for the attention of Britain’s political class
Jewish-owned ambulances are set on fire in London while Manchester mosque users stop hammer-wielding man from entering
UK defence of Ireland of less concern to public than thought, conference told
British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly hears strong case for European democracies to work more closely together
Married at First Sight relationship coach Mel Schilling dies aged 54
Schilling said earlier this month her cancer had spread, including to her brain
This week’s events brought us no closer to understanding the enigma that is Gerry Adams
‘You must pick your battles when dealing with Gerry,’ noted one senior Belfast lawyer, not at all surprised by the outcome of the case
UK’s NHS ‘teetered on brink of collapse’ during Covid pandemic, inquiry finds
‘Superhuman’ healthcare workers helped hospitals to cope despite ‘parlous state’ of health service
HSE in ‘regular contact’ with UK authorities after rise in cases from meningitis outbreak
Two people died following outbreak in Kent, but health authorities say no evidence of increased spread in Ireland
Meningitis cases rise to 27 in UK outbreak
Two students the Canterbury campus of the University of Kent have died
We need to understand the financial cost of a divided society. It might surprise us
Having this number to hand would be transformative
UK pension fund buys into Dublin’s Poolbeg incinerator
Biggest UK private pension fund to take 50% stake in incinerator’s parent company
Zohran Mamdani has no opinion on a united Ireland. That matters more than you think
This is a story about two things: the changing nature of the left and the diminishing power of Irish America
Banning social media won’t work. Here is a smarter way to deal with the problem
It’s naive to think a blanket ban on social media will make the problem go away
Adams denies authorship of column claiming he was ‘rightly or wrongly’ IRA volunteer
Former Sinn Féin leader says he was not ‘Brownie’, pen name of An Phoblacht article written in Long Kesh prison
Judgment in Gerry Adams case will take some time but there was no new ‘smoking gun’
Former Sinn Féin leader spent two days in the witness box of a London court rejecting claims he was in the IRA
Risk of meningitis spreading through Europe ‘very low’ despite fatal outbreak in England
UK Health Security Agency said two people had died during an outbreak of meningitis in Kent
‘I was stunned by what had happened’: Adams repeatedly denies claims he was a leading IRA member
Former Sinn Féin president is being sued for ‘vindicatory’ damages of £1 in connection to IRA bombings in England
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