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A 15-year-old boy and his father are in critical condition after they were attacked in their own home by masked men in a "completely unprovoked" assault, police say.

The privately owned Irish company which this week finalised the purchase of NCP, the car parks giant, has emerged as the mystery party backing Poundland's bosses as they race to agree a takeover of the discount retailer.

Northern Ireland Secretary Sir Chris Bryant said he is to ban the Drumcree parade.

Michelle O'Neill says she has received a letter inviting her for a police interview in relation to her involvement in a Garvaghy Road protest.

Two Latvian men who were arrested on suspicion of trespassing at an RAF base in Cambridgeshire have been bailed.

A man has been sentenced to life in prison after murdering his wife with a hammer and keeping her body in a freezer while he emptied their bank accounts and contacted escorts.

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Andy Burnham decisively passed the first electoral test of his premiership last night.