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Terrorism suspect Daniel Khalife recaptured in west London after prison escape

The 21-year-old former soldier was arrested after escaping from Wandsworth prison on Wednesday morning

UK police have confirmed sighting of escaped terrorism suspect

Daniel Abed Khalife (21) absconded from London’s Wandsworth prison on Wednesday after strapping himself to bottom of delivery truck

UK offshore wind auction fails to attract investors in blow to net zero plans

Developers had warned that support on offer was too low to offset their rising costs

Back on the Horizon: Deal for British re-entry to scheme signifies further thaw in UK-EU relations

British scientists will be allowed to participate in €95bn flagship EU scheme after three-year lockout due to Brexit row

The four big drawbacks of the Northern Ireland legacy Bill

The Bill is another fine mess that could have been avoided with just a bit of co-operation

‘I would sit in silence from Knock to London as I tried to prepare for the wave of homesickness’

Rebekah Rennick is working as a vet while she carves out the breathing space she needs to become a writer

UK said to be low on options for escaping its €2.9tn ‘debt trap’

Boris Johnson’s former economic adviser cites Ireland as an economic success story

I moved to London and put on the coat of Irishness. Now in Australia, I can’t take it off

Returning home to Ireland didn’t feel like a viable option. And so we’re in Canberra

At amazing speed, the UK has become pragmatic again

Janan Ganesh: Britain has turned against radical politics faster than other rich nations because it has lost more from it

US commerce secretary urges American companies to continue to expand China operations

Gina Raimondo comments come a day after she said businesses believed the country had become ‘uninvestable’

The Crooked House: Straight up tale of a wonky pub reflects British values in a changing world

London Letter: Famous old pub in Staffordshire was burned in a suspected arson attack, then demolished, sparking fury

Irish flight disruption could last for days after 20 cancelled at Dublin Airport on Tuesday

Hundreds slept on floor at Dublin Airport on Monday night following air traffic control faults in UK

Irish athletes caught up in delays as up to 100 flights to and from Ireland cancelled

Dublin Airport advises passengers due to travel on Monday night to check status of flights even though UK air traffic control says issue ‘identified and remedied’

Grape escapes: Vineyard holidays in the UK

The rolling landscapes of the UK’s burgeoning wine country are fast becoming a popular destination

Lucy Letby: Focus shifts to type of inquiry needed to find out why NHS managers ignored warnings over killer nurse

A speedy private inquiry was planned by the government but ministers now appear to be shifting to upgrade that to a full statutory inquiry following a backlash

Lucy Letby: ‘Malevolent’ serial killer nurse will die behind bars in UK

Lucy Letby killed at least seven babies in her care in a Chester hospital between 2015 and 2016

I was inspired by the formidable Irish women who worked in the London bars of my childhood

Martin McNamara says he was fascinated by the tales he wasn’t supposed to hear in an Irish pub in England growing up

The UK blew it on tax cuts, Norway invested it: what will Ireland do with its tax windfall?

What the UK and Norway did with their oil and gas wealth couldn’t have been more different. Both experiences provide valuable lessons for Ireland

Missing pages of PSNI notebook contained details of 42 officers and staff, say police

Material fell from from police vehicle on Thursday, a week after huge data breach at the force

Ootlin by Jenni Fagan and The Stirrings by Catherine Taylor: the mark of childhood

Two memoirs explore questions around trauma and identity

Modern languages are in crisis in the UK, while Ireland grows more multilingual

US and UK are losing their facility in foreign languages while Ireland expands its range

UK inflation falls to 6.8% in July

Rate of price increases drops to lowest since February last year

Three suspected Russian spies arrested in Britain

Police charge three Bulgarian nationals - two men and a woman - with identity document offences

UK facing higher inflation as wage growth surges at record pace

Markets price in further interest rate rise after data show private sector pay rose 8.2% in three months to June

Irish banks the worst in Europe for savers

Domestic banks are the worst in Europe when it comes to passing on recent ECB rate increases to savers

Channel crossings: 509 people made journey on day six died in boat sinking

More than 1,600 made crossing in past three days, provisional British home office figures show

At least six dead, more than 50 rescued after migrant boat capsizes while crossing Channel

Rescue mission launched as dozens of boats tried to make crossing at the same time, official says

In praise of the ‘techies’ who make companies more productive

As it stands on the verge of the next industrial revolution, Britain needs people who can put new technology to good use

The more the East End changes, the more its beigel bakeries stay the same

London Letter: Brick Lane’s “yellow one” and its “white one” are London culinary institutions and also monuments to the waves of immigration that have shaped one of the East End’s most famous neighbourhoods

UK begins moving migrants to Bibby Stockholm residential barge

Government says it wants to limit the ‘pull’ factors attracting asylum seekers to Britain

‘Phoney war’ between the SNP and Labour ends as they limber up for crucial Scottish byelection

Battle for Rutherglen and Hamilton, on the southern edge of Glasgow, will reveal much about Labour’s prospects for a Scottish revival that may hand Keir Starmer the keys to Number 10 Downing Street

Trevor Francis obituary: British football’s first million pound player

One of the golden boys of English football during the 1970s and 80s, a forward of outstanding skill and agility

Rape suspect accused of faking own death and posing as Irish orphan to be extradited to US

Nicholas Rossi is wanted by authorities in Utah for allegedly raping a woman in 2008

UK government climbs down on post-Brexit product mark

Adoption of Britain-only rival to EU’s CE designation postponed ‘indefinitely’, say ministers

Andrew Malkinson calls police apology for wrongful rape conviction ‘meaningless’

Victim of miscarriage of justice served 17 years in jail where he ‘contemplated suicide many times’

Britain’s insecurity problem is not due to globalisation, most problems lie closer to home

Country’s precarious low-wage jobs and shortage of affordable housing are hardly the fault of international forces

UK grocery inflation continues downward trajectory

Annual rate still high at 14.9%

Britain continues to ‘heavily rely’ on Ireland as exports rise 19%

Products which accounted for the largest share of exports were chemicals and related products, as well as live animals

BBC bosses to face questions in UK parliament after Huw Edwards furore

Broadcaster conducting ‘fact-finding investigations’ into allegations against the newsreader

Who is Huw Edwards? The broadcaster with the strong Welsh accent who became one of UK’s most familiar faces

Edwards was named by his wife as the presenter at the centre of a BBC scandal

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