Baby dead and 65 rescued in Channel sinking
A baby has died after a boat attempting to cross the English Channel sank on Thursday night, French authorities say. Officials said the overloaded boat carrying migrants started sinking off…
Luton woman faces deportation threat after 22 years in the UK
BBC Amika Brown is seeking an apology from the Home Office for mistaking her identity A woman who has been living in the UK for 22 years said she has…
Newry Artist’s work to hang in the Louvre
BBC Clíodhna Doherty’s painting Laura is going on display in the Louvre Museum, Paris “Hang it in the Louvre” is a well-known turn of phrase, but for one Newry woman…
Boston ‘is dying from the inside out’, retailers warn
Sharon Edwards/BBC Boston’s shopping streets are scarred by empty shops – and retailers fear more could close down. More than a quarter of shops in Boston, Lincolnshire, lie empty and…
Jess Phillips MP pledges to ‘eradicate’ backlog
Getty Images Last year there was an increase in suspected female victims referred to the authorities A backlog of thousands of modern slavery cases could be “eliminated” within two years,…
Breast cancer patients denied life-extending drug in NHS row
Jeannie Ambrose Jeannie Ambrose, one of about 1,000 affected patients, says Enhertu should be made available on the NHS More than a thousand patients with advanced breast cancer are being…
King Charles’s Australia tour – and why it nearly did not happen
Getty Images King Charles III and Queen Camilla are due to arrive in Australia on Friday on a historic royal tour. Eight months ago, I didn’t think I’d be writing…
‘Death of Hamas mastermind’ and One Direction tribute to ‘brother’ Liam
Several of the papers lead on Israel announcing the death of Hamas Leader Yahya Sinwar, as the Financial Times does here, calling him the “mastermind of October 7 attacks”. The…
Liam Payne fans in Buenos Aires pay ‘bittersweet’ tribute
“Goodbyes are bittersweet, but it’s not the end. I’ll see your face again.” This One Direction lyric, about losing somebody, has been repurposed as a tribute – scrawled on notes…
Inheritance tax increases expected for some in Budget
Getty Images The government is planning to increase the amount of money it raises in inheritance tax at the Budget, the BBC has learned. It is not known how many…