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Sir Keir Starmer’s January has been the stuff of nightmares. It kicked off with the crisis over Greenland and rift with Donald Trump – and was followed by a dose of psychodrama over the Labour leadership courtesy of Andy Burnham and that unwanted by-election. This week will be another high-stakes one for the prime minister

A father whose newborn baby died after an “avoidable” delay in her delivery has accused a hospital trust’s home birth service of playing “Russian roulette” with the lives of mothers and babies. Warning – this story includes descriptions of a newborn child’s suffering and death Thomas and Victoria Gillibrand’s baby, Pippa, suffered a severe brain

Dame Esther Rantzen has described living with terminal cancer, saying she “didn’t expect to see last Christmas” – as she criticised delays to assisted dying legislation. Dame Esther told Mornings With Ridge And Frost she has accepted “there is no cure” for her condition, but said treatment had “delayed” her cancer by three years. The

The official confirmation of Dame Sarah Mullally as the first female Archbishop of Canterbury is an immense step for the Church of England (CoE). Unless you believe in Pope Joan, the legendary female pontiff who supposedly reigned under the title of John VIII, the 63-year-old will become the first female leader in the church in England’s

Learner drivers in Northern Ireland must wait six months before taking a practical test as part of sweeping new reforms. Young drivers will also see restrictions on driving at night and the number of passengers they can have in their car – in what has been described as the biggest change to licencing in 70