21+ hour, 40+ min ago   (97+ words) A 76-year-old man has been charged with concealing his identity at an anti-immigration protest in Portsmouth after police warned they would use powers to arrest demonstrators wearing face coverings. Timothy Miller, of Southampton, is accused of wearing or using an…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (779+ words) Holidaymakers across England face a new tax on overnight stays under Government plans to give mayors greater economic power in their regions. Local leaders will set the fee as a percentage of the cost of accommodation, rather than a flat…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (574+ words) Plans to give England’s mayors the power to introduce a tourist tax will be set out on Thursday. The levy will be decided by local leaders and charged as a percentage of the cost of accommodation to overnight visitors, rather…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (253+ words) The John Lewis Partnership has seen half-year losses more than double amid tougher trading and said it remained cautious over the final six months. The employee-owned group, which owns the department store chain and Waitrose supermarkets, reported losses before tax…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (476+ words) An offensive anti-Irish language flag has been taken down from a lamppost in Belfast before contractors for the Department for Infrastructure were sent in to remove it. A DfI spokesperson told The Irish News that Minister Liz Kimmins had ordered…...

5+ day, 14+ hour ago   (395+ words) Abuse of RNLI volunteers is “wholly unacceptable in a civilised society”, the charity’s chief executive has said following anti-migrant demonstrations at the weekend. Peter Sparkes said recent protests had “generated deliberate misinformation and a misunderstanding” about the charity, and condemned…...

5+ day, 14+ hour ago   (299+ words) A 34-year old woman who caused the death of her eight-week old son and who attempted to murder her two-year old daughter will be sentenced for the double stabbing next week. The woman, who can’t be named due to a…...

5+ day, 17+ hour ago   (369+ words) Flights departing the UK have been disrupted by an air traffic control “technical issue”, Nats has said. Birmingham Airport said the issue was affecting airspace in the south of the UK and was “impacting a significant number of departing flights…...

5+ day, 19+ hour ago   (546+ words) English based far right protesters with links to loyalism are “learning” from paramilitary groups in the north, it has been claimed. Jonathan Hall KC, the British government’s Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation, was speaking after dozens of masked men clad…...

6+ day, 8+ hour ago   (504+ words) Infant mortality in Northern Ireland is now at a higher rate than England, Scotland and Wales, new figures show. A report from the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) found that children’s health in Northern Ireland was also…...