National Headlines

Andy Burnham has said he is "open" to calls for Britain to make a formal apology for its role in the slave trade as the King continues his tour of the Caribbean.

The telecoms giant Virgin Media O2 (VMO2) is to axe thousands of jobs as it slashes its cost base amid investor concerns about its ability to service its £22bn debt mountain.

Police investigating the killing of a 38-year-old man in an apparent group attack have made an arrest in what is being called a "significant development".

Dozens of people have been arrested for expressing support for the proscribed organisation Palestine Action.

A man has been charged under the Explosives Act and Firearms Order following searches at properties in Belfast.

Police are investigating Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's stays with Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell at the Royal Family's private estate in Scotland.

A motorist has been found guilty of murder after hitting a cyclist and knowingly dragging him for more than a mile under his car.

A photocall of foreign ministers was cancelled by the US after the UK's Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband and other European counterparts refused to be pictured with Russia's envoy Sergei Lavrov.

A 35-year-old man has been arrested as part of an investigation into suspected terrorism offences on the Shankill Road in Belfast.

Police have lifted a cordon after bomb disposal experts dealt with explosive devices found following reports of a disturbance in Essex.