Leo Varadkar has served as taoiseach since December 2022, and previously from 2017 to 2020 – at the age of 38, being the youngest person to hold the position in office. During the campaign for the 2015 same-sex marriage referendum, Varadkar came out as gay becoming the first serving Irish minister to do so. Varadkar…
12 minutes ago Comments About sharing By Jemma Dempsey BBC News Inflation fell to 3.4% in February, down from 4% in January and edging closer to the Bank’s target of 2%. The drop means the cost of living is rising at its slowest pace since September 2021, when it stood at 3.1%. Inflation, the rate…
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Some shops are closed as the bakery chain says it is working to resolve the issue as soon as possible.
Inflation measures how quickly prices are rising (or very occasionally falling) for goods and services. And a series of shocks to the economy over recent years has caused high inflation, the Bank of England says. First, the Covid pandemic pushed prices up as more people bought goods – but there were problems getting enough of…
1 minute ago About sharing SB4 would give police officers in Texas broad powers to arrest migrants By Bernd Debusmann & Max Matza & Mattea Bubalo BBC New A federal appeals court has frozen Texas’ controversial immigration law, one of the toughest laws of its kind enacted by a US state in modern times. The…
45 minutes ago About sharing Wendy Jones, pictured with two of her grandchildren, died after a visit to Brean Sands Holiday Park By Rebecca Wearn BBC News The son of a woman who died six months after an air conditioning duct fell on guests at a Pontins resort in Somerset has told the BBC he…
Reports say medical staff allegedly attempted to access the Princess of Wales’s medical records.
28 minutes ago About sharing Three-year-old Manasek is suffering from severe malnutrition – her mother Ikram says food prices have soared By Feras Kilani in Sudan & Mercy Juma in Chad BBC News Civilians caught up in Sudan’s civil war have given graphic accounts to the BBC of rape, ethnic violence and street executions. Our…
23 minutes ago About sharing The Bank of the Republic of Haiti sits in the business district of Port-au-Prince, where armed gangs are battling authorities for control (file photo) Police in Haiti have killed at least three people while repelling an attack on the country’s central bank. A “group of criminals” targeted the Bank of…