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# britain - Monday 19 March, 2018
Ant McPartlin steps aside from presenting duties following arrest for drink-driving
The presenter will return to rehab where he had previously spent a stint last year in an attempt to conquer an addiction to painkillers.
# britain - Saturday 10 March, 2018
Spy poisoning in Britain: Who stands to gain?
Sergei Skripal, 66 moved to Britain in a 2010 spy swap.
# britain - Thursday 8 March, 2018
'Ireland first': Donald Tusk says every EU leader 'wants to protect peace process and avoid hard border'
The President of the European Council said disrupting the peace process in Northern Ireland “must be avoided at all costs”.
Britain First leader and deputy leader jailed for religiously aggravated harassment
The group’s tweets had been retweeted by Donald Trump.
# britain - Monday 5 March, 2018
Ex-Russian spy in critical condition after exposure to 'unknown substance' in England - UK media
A man in his 60s and a woman in her 30s, were found unconscious on a bench in The Maltings in Salisbury yesterday.
# britain - Sunday 4 March, 2018
Tourism Ireland says 'the craic' alone isn't enough to win back British tourists
Niall Gibbons said there needs to be more of a focus on outdoor activities for visitors.
# britain - Friday 2 March, 2018
Theresa May to reveal her five tests for the UK's post-Brexit EU relationship
In a speech today, she will say the UK is taking back control over its borders, laws and money.
# britain - Thursday 22 February, 2018
Coveney says 'we can't alter geography and history' amid increasingly tense Brexit talks
The Tánaiste added that power-sharing needs to be “urgently” restored in Northern Ireland.
# britain - Sunday 4 February, 2018
FactCheck: Are 90% of babies with Down syndrome in Britain aborted?
We take a look at a claim in a poster used in a new campaign by Save the 8th.
# britain - Friday 2 February, 2018
Cardiff man sentenced to life imprisonment over terror attack near Finsbury Park mosque
Witnesses recalled Darren Osborne saying, “I’ve done my job, you can kill me now” in the aftermath of the attack.
# britain - Tuesday 30 January, 2018
Brexit will be bad for UK under any scenario - report
The economic impact assessment showed growth would be lower under a range of potential scenarios.
# britain - Thursday 18 January, 2018
Britain appoints 'Minister for Loneliness' to tackle the 'sad reality of modern life'
More than nine million people in the UK say they are always or often lonely, according to the British Red Cross.
# britain - Monday 1 January, 2018
UK government will commemorate the election of republican Countess Markievicz next December
Constance Markievicz was sentenced to death for her part in the 1916 Rising, but her life was spared because she was a woman.
# britain - Saturday 30 December, 2017
Eamonn Holmes awarded OBE by British queen in New Year's honour list
He was one of over 1,100 people who received recognition by the British monarch.
# britain - Friday 22 December, 2017
FactCheck: Was the burgundy passport 'enforced' on Britain when it joined the EU?
Today the Conservative Party said the UK’s exit from the EU gives it an opportunity to restore its national identity.
# britain - Thursday 21 December, 2017
Irish Travellers in the UK may face greater levels of discrimination post-Brexit
House of Lords member David Alton says the Irish Traveller community have “long faced significant prejudice in Britain”.
# britain - Saturday 16 December, 2017
May gets Brexit boost - but bigger battles await
The EU’s decision yesterday to move to the next stage of negotiations with Britain was a much-needed success for May.
# britain - Friday 15 December, 2017
EU leaders agree to move onto phase two of Brexit talks, but warn of tough talks ahead
Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney said Britain’s phase one commitments must follow through to phase two.
# britain - Friday 8 December, 2017
DUP 'pleased' with Brexit deal but says 'more work needs to be done' on border issue
A deal to avoid a hard border has been reached between the UK and EU.
# britain - Thursday 7 December, 2017
David Davis admits UK hasn't produced any Brexit impact assessment as he's 'not a fan'
Davis was called before the House of Commons Brexit committee after MPs expressed dissatisfaction in him.
# britain - Friday 1 December, 2017
European Commission chief Donald Tusk to meet Varadkar in Brexit crunch talks today
The UK wants to progress negotiations to the next stage but the EU isn’t satisfied.
# britain - Wednesday 29 November, 2017
Britain 'very close' to sealing a Brexit deal, says Phil Hogan
The Guardian is reporting tonight that a solution to the Irish border is close, though the final wording has yet to be thrashed out.
# britain - Tuesday 28 November, 2017
Britain will pay at least €45 billion to leave the EU - reports
The Telegraph and the Financial Times have reported that UK and EU negotiating teams have agreed on a figure.
# britain - Monday 20 November, 2017
British father who killed his children jailed for at least 33 years
He was also found guilty of the attempted murder of his wife – the children’s mother.
# britain - Tuesday 14 November, 2017
Britain's government has survived the first parliamentary challenges to its Brexit bill
An amendment giving devolved legislatures – like Northern Ireland – a veto over the Brexit agreement was defeated.
# britain - Monday 13 November, 2017
'The toll has been very significant': Boris Johnson speaks to husband of woman jailed in Iran
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has undergone tests for breast cancer as her emotional state worsens, her husband has said.
# britain - Wednesday 8 November, 2017
Explainer: How a UK minister may lose her job over 'secret' meetings in Israel
Another diplomatic incident has cropped up for British Prime Minister Theresa May’s scandal-prone government.
# britain - Thursday 21 September, 2017
EU negotiator hits out at Boris Johnson for saying some young Britons have 'split allegiances'
Guy Verhofstadt told the Dáil that the EU will not allow Ireland to suffer because of Brexit.
# britain - Tuesday 19 September, 2017
Boris Johnson denies he's planning to quit over Brexit row
Johnson has played down rumours of infighting in the Tory party, after a colleague accused him of “backseat driving”.
# britain - Monday 18 September, 2017
Britain downgrades terror threat from 'imminent' to 'highly likely'
The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for Friday’s explosion.
# britain - Sunday 17 September, 2017
Theresa May says Trump visit still on despite his terror tweets
May had publicly rebuked Trump for his comments.
# britain - Friday 8 September, 2017
'Solving' the Irish border is 'not beyond the wit of man' says Boris Johnson
The UK Foreign Secretary was speaking during a visit to UK troops in Estonia.
# britain - Tuesday 5 September, 2017
British soldiers arrested over alleged membership of banned neo-Nazi group
The men were arrested “on suspicion of being concerned in the commission, preparation and instigation of terrorism”.
# britain - Friday 25 August, 2017
WATCH: Restored footage of Charles and Diana's wedding released
Footage from the 29 July 1981 wedding has been released in 4K resolution on YouTube.
# britain - Wednesday 23 August, 2017
UK says it will 'take back control of its laws' after Brexit
The British government wants to end the direct jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice in the UK.
# britain - Tuesday 22 August, 2017
Varadkar tells US TV he's 'confused and puzzled' by Britain's trading plans
The Taoiseach also shared his thoughts on Donald Trump.
# britain - Monday 21 August, 2017
'Upsetting and shocking': Teen girl sexually assaulted twice on a train by two different men
The girl had been travelling on a train back from the Boardmasters festival in Cornwall on 12 August.
# britain - Wednesday 16 August, 2017
Simon Coveney: 'Ireland will not be a pawn in Brexit negotiations'
The UK government said it wanted to maintain a “seamless and frictionless” border between the two countries.
# britain - Tuesday 15 August, 2017
EU negotiator calls UK's Brexit plan 'a fantasy'
Britain wants “a highly streamlined customs arrangement” with the EU.
# britain - Wednesday 9 August, 2017
More Americans visiting Ireland but British tourists are keeping away
Tourism Ireland said the decline in sterling has made holidays and short breaks here more expensive for British visitors.
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WITH MANY OF us remaining at home in recent weeks, some of us have been turning our hand to a lot more cooking than we may normally have done.
A chance to be more creative for sure, but also a chance to cook the old reliables and make sure they’re done well.
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