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The Illegal Migration Bill was given Royal Assent on Thursday.

A patient in her 60s died on Wednesday afternoon and a man in his 30s has been arrested.

Researchers also identified the variants associated with arthritis.

Ciaran Keating’s son Conall told mourners ‘our hearts are broken’ as they recounted stories of ‘a great man’.

The UK’s banking rules have come under scrutiny after Nigel Farage accused Coutts of closing his account unfairly.

Planning inspectors for the local authority had originally recommended that the proposals be approved.

Opposition MPs were offered talks with the Electoral Commission after raising the issue in the Commons.

GfK’s Consumer Confidence Index fell six points in July to minus 30 amid concerns for personal finances and the wider UK economy.

There have been calls for plain packaging on e-cigarettes and a crackdown on their sale to under-18s.

A Westminster committee also said a strategy for protecting offshore infrastructure is needed.

The findings add to growing evidence that post-menopausal females boost the life chances of their offspring, researchers say.

Professor Alexis Jay vowed to withdraw from her role ‘if I detect any attempt to interfere with or to hinder my work’.

Foreign Office minister Andrew Mitchell said the mercenary unit was ‘acting with impunity’ in countries such as Mali and Sudan.

Martin Rudin smothered his wife of 11 years at the couple’s home in Histon, Cambridgeshire, last New Year’s Eve.

A small group of This Is Rigged protesters still remain at the Nustar Clydebank oil terminal.

The Government was warned that hydrogen-powered vehicles could supersede battery-powered ones.

Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris is concluding a series of talks with party leaders.

Roaming alerts tell mobile phone customers when they are using potentially expensive data abroad.

The EU referred to the Falklands as ‘Islas Malvinas’, the name used by Argentina, which has long claimed sovereignty over the islands.

Offshore Energy UK says limiting global temperature rise to 1.5C requires short term emissions cuts but CCS can help with long term ambitions.