UK trade with Ireland's biggest port recovering from post-Brexit slump
After a sharp post-Brexit decline, Ireland's largest port recorded a rebound in freight volumes to and from the UK during the first quarter of this year.
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THE owner of an equine assisted learning centre has issued a desperate plea to find a new home.
Kourtney Kardashian tied the knot with Travis Barker in a fairtytale Italian wedding on Sunday. In an Instagram post, the reality star gushed about finding her “happily ever after” as the pair said “I do” in Portofino. The former Blink 182 drummer shared a picture of the couple kissing in front of a stunning altar covered in red roses and velvet.
Police are investigating claims that a van driver "crushed" three ducklings by mowing them down as they were crossing the road. Staffordshire Police said officers were made aware of the incident, which took place in Trentham, a southern suburb of Stoke-on-Trent, on Friday. Images of the ducklings laying in the road were shared across social media after being posted on Facebook by a man called Steven Walley.
The cheapest new car in the UK now costs more than £10,000 - making it more expensive than ever to buy a brand-new vehicle.
The launch coincides with the second anniversary of the murder in the US of George Floyd.
The Taliban has imposed several restrictions for women and girls since overtaking Afghanistan in August
A BOOKMAKER has named its top Lancashire contenders to play the next James Bond, including Lucien Laviscount and Sarah Lancashire.
Global drugmakers are lobbying for wealthy nations to fund a supply mechanism that would secure vaccines for low-income countries without delay in case of a new pandemic, but said the proposal was contingent on free cross-border trade. The International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations (IFPMA) said in a statement on Monday that global pandemic vaccine distribution needs to be put on a new footing because the world’s poorest countries were forced to wait for shots during the current pandemic. "The industry is willing to reserve an allocation of real-time production for distribution to priority populations in lower income countries, as determined by health authorities during pandemics," said IFPMA director general Thomas Cueni.
Female TV news anchors are being told they must wear face coverings when presenting live on air in Afghanistan. The Taliban said the ruling was “non-negotiable” and is now being strictly enforced by the Government. The party overthrew the previous Afghan government in August last year and has since placed more restrictions on women, limiting their access to education and dictating how they must dress in public.
THE BROTHER of a man killed by a police car said he will not stop protesting until he gets "justice".
The six-part series, which charts the rise of the punk band, will premiere on May 31.
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Monday dismissed the president of state oil giant Petrobras, who had been in the job for only 40 days.
The Independent Review of Children’s Social Care is calling for a ‘radical reset’ to improve the lives of children in care and their families.
Democratic U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican challenger Herschel Walker have six challengers between them in Tuesday’s primaries, but the two are already looking ahead to the general election
Shares are mixed in Asia in cautious trading after Wall Street rumbled to the edge of a bear market on Friday
The BBC is “open-minded” about becoming a subscription service, its director general and chairman both said on Monday, as they acknowledged that the corporation faces an “existential question”.
The monarch was given a running commentary of the many gardens she stopped to view by the president of the Royal Horticultural Society.
The Royal College of Art’s brutalist new building – by architects Herzog & de Meuron – reflects a shift from art school to science-tech powerhouse. But is a business-facing behemoth what its students really need?
Monkeypox, which is related to the now eradicated smallpox virus, is endemic in parts of west and central Africa