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Dr Sir Michael McBride told the UK Covid-19 Inquiry how leaks of Executive meetings were ‘undermining’ and created huge distrust between ministers.

Sir Michael McBride was giving evidence to the Covid-19 Inquiry in Belfast.

Labour’s victorious mayoral candidate appeared at first not to see the Conservative candidate’s outstretched hand, before shaking it.

The computing giant said it was investigating a data breach which compromised ‘limited’ customer information such as name and physical address.

The First Minister said there was no need for a minister for independence because everyone in his Government would be making the case.

It comes as Ireland moves closer to formally recognising the state of Palestine.

The funeral in June 2020 sparked political controversy after then deputy first minister Michelle O’Neill and other Sinn Fein ministers attended.

Unison said pay rates offered were ‘nowhere near’ the expectations of its members.

Eddie Whittingham climbed on a table and showered it with orange powder during a match at the 2023 event at Sheffield’s Crucible Theatre.

The Swedish environmental campaigner joined pro-Palestinian protesters.

The GMB said the outcome of the case has potential implications for the voluntary sector.

The gatherings will feature the comedian and artist discussing his latest work, And On Monday God Made The World, in a short film.

Lee Byer has been handed an indefinite hospital order after admitting the manslaughter of 87-year-old Thomas O’Halloran.

The Covid-19 Inquiry heard evidence that former agriculture minister Edwin Poots contacted him in June 2020 about the potential concert.

Lee Byer stabbed Thomas O’Halloran in the neck and chest in August 2022.

Rebecca Joynes, 30, denies sexual activity with two teenagers.

The Duke of Edinburgh received his own gold award from his father Philip, the late Duke of Edinburgh, at St James’s Palace in 1986.

The Court of Appeal ruled in January that the trial could continue after the jury was discharged following reports of tampering.

The victim was left with potentially life-changing injuries after the attack in Bushmills in the early hours of Sunday morning.

Pc Sharon Beshenivsky’s family watched from court as the last member of the gang responsible for the armed raid that claimed her life was sentenced.