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A rare 245-year-old Neapolitan violin has been presented to the leader of the Ulster Youth Orchestra (UYO) for use during her tenure. Anna Jansson, 21, from Cork, a student at the Kunst-Universitat ...
Business activity across the UK’s private sector has hit a one-year high this month, as the services industry led a summer rebound, according to new survey data. Firms nevertheless have been cutting ...
The company, which operates about 610 hotels, saw revenues slip by 3.2 to £471.3 million for the six months to June 30.
Seven breaches were serious enough to be reported to the UK’s data watchdog, the Information Commissioner’s Office.
Historically, experts classified giraffes as a single species with nine subspecies, but that has been overturned by the new classification.
Conservative-led councils in Hertfordshire, Surrey and London are considering taking legal action against hoteliers, he said.
Ethel Caterham, who lives in Surrey, became the oldest living person in April after the death of Brazilian nun Sister Inah Canbarro Lucas at 116.
The former childminder, from Northampton, was ordered to serve 40 of her 31-month sentence in prison before being released on licence.
The former Brazilian president’s intention to flee was revealed in documents found on his phone, federal police said.
In England, GCSEs are graded using a numerical system from 9 to 1 rather than from A* to G – with 9 being the highest grade. A grade 7 and above is roughly equivalent to an A and above, while a grade ...
The Copa Sudamericana game between Independiente and Universidad of Chile in Buenos Aires was halted with the score at 1-1.
At the protest session at Connolly Books on Wednesday afternoon, several artists played Irish traditional music in solidarity with the rappers and Palestine. Musician Ru O’Shea, who performed at the ...