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Belfast welcomes more than a million visits during the Fleadh

Footfall figures - provided by Belfast One Business Improvement District - say 1.65 million visits were made to the city centre during the eight days of the Fleadh. At least 4,000 were in the grounds of Belfast City Hall…

Six arrested after woman found dead

Police were called at 09:33 BST on Thursday, following concerns for the welfare of a woman at a residential address on Bollinder Place, Clerkenwell. Officers attended alongside the London Ambulance Service and found an…

Swimming pools and car washes could be banned as drought to be declared across most of England

If granted and put into action, the policy would prevent businesses from activities like washing cars with hosepipes, and filling private swimming pools. It comes as half of England and all of Wales have been plunged…

Predator used nickname ‘Epstein’ to force more than 100 girls to self-harm online

Members are mainly teenage boys driven by a desire for status, rather than sexual desire or money. Notoriety is achieved by sharing more extreme content and committing increasingly serious crimes. Swaddle’s devices were…

Shoppers warned of supermarket price rises ‘within months’ due to extreme heat

The chairman of the House of Commons’ Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee has said consumers can expect to see the impact of this summer’s record-breaking weather in six to 12 months time as growers have warned…

The subjects A-level students are most likely to cheat in

Speaking ahead of A-level results being published this week, he said students’ achievement would be similar this year compared to last year, when a record proportion of students received A and A* grades. ‘AI is getting…

Actor Brad Pitt says he had ‘one little period’ of having suicidal thoughts

The 62-year-old Fight Club star said that after feeling that way his “survival instincts” kicked in and stopped him, and added that he had not considered suicide before or since. He said: “I was never suicidal in any…

Student loans should be taught in school maths lessons, Ucas boss says

Backlash over student loans has simmered in recent months - particularly regarding plan two student loans, which have left some graduates with snowballing debts despite years of making repayments. Interest on plan two…

No 10’s failure to block early release of PC Andrew Harper’s killers is ‘indefensible’, says top police officer

The government’s early release scheme - put in place to manage overcrowding in the prison estate - was reviewed by new prime minister Andy Burnham following public backlash after it emerged that Jessie Cole and Albert…

Record 230 people cross Channel in one small boat

It breaks the previous record set in July, when 165 people made the crossing on a single vessel . The boat arrived in the UK in the early hours of Monday. A picture taken off the coast of northern France showed the…