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We asked people across the country how they are coping with the rising cost of living.

International recruitment hits record high with nurse leaders warning about sustainability of trend.

It comes after political parties held "robust" meetings with PM Boris Johnson in Belfast.

A new strategy cutting funding to the UN is more focused on trade than poverty relief, charities say.

The RAC says prices rose to just over £1.80 a litre after the previous record was set in March.

A new portrait exhibition features female farmers across Northumberland and the Scottish Borders.

There has been "little attention paid to the issue", say researchers.

Millions tuned in to watch Liverpool beat Chelsea, and the UK come second in the Eurovision Song Contest.

Leaseholders say the political arguments are not helping those living with the problems.

A single Russian battalion reportedly suffers heavy losses and the UK sanctions President Putin's ex-wife.

Both Vladimir Putin's former wife and his alleged current girlfriend are sanctioned over the war in Ukraine.

Can Sam Ryder's song - written in collaboration over Zoom - break the UK's Eurovision losing streak?

DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson says the NI Protocol has eroded the foundations of devolution.

The foreign secretary urges allies to only lift sanctions after Moscow withdraws its troops.

The impact on their health, wellbeing and education will now be considered after originally being omitted.

Former justice secretary Lord Charlie Falconer QC will chair the first-ever London Drugs Commission.

The economy contracted by 0.1% in March after no growth in February, official figures show.

The papers cover a row over the cost of living and an agreement to defend Finland and Sweden.

As the invasion of Ukraine drags on, evidence is emerging that much of Russia's military equipment is outdated and often ineffective.

Singer-songwriter who rose to fame on TikTok is representing the UK with his original song ‘Space Man’

But scientists say any short-term protection against infection is likely to fall away quickly.

Russia has depleted its stockpile of precision-guided munitions, forcing the invaders to use aging munitions, the UK Defence Ministry tweeted on May 9.

Beautiful South singer Paul Heaton puts money behind the bar at 60 pubs across the UK and Ireland.

Speeches by the Ukrainian President and the UK defence secretary feature on several front pages.

Some managers think artificial intelligence helps remove their bias but others think it's cheating.

The deputy prime minister says the protocol agreed with the EU is an "obstacle to stability" in Northern Ireland.

The BBC's Chris Mason looks at a fractious picture across Westminster, and the UK.

The new owners will pay £4.25bn for the football club, including £2.5bn to be given to charity.

Cases are being detected worldwide but UK scientists are no clearer on what's behind the rise.

Voters in many parts of the UK are voting today - some with four-legged friends by their side.

Gen Sir John McColl says hundreds of Afghans who worked for the UK now fear for their lives.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle lost their right to publicly-funded police protection when they gave up royal duties in April 2020.

A weekly event for about 50 refugees allows families to meet, share a meal and get support.

Five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Wednesday morning.

Antytila, one of the biggest acts in Ukraine, are fighting Russian troops following the invasion.

The World Health Organization's report on Europe targets new forms of buying and selling food.

For the first time in Northern Ireland's 100-year existence, a nationalist party, Sinn Fein may become the largest party ahead of the unionist DUP, writes the BBC's Emma Vardy.

Several photos of Dmitry Kiselyov, known as "Putin's mouthpiece," at the the Jumeirah al-Qasr hotel in Dubai were posted to Telegram on Monday.

People can once again buy free-range eggs after measures to control a bird flu outbreak were relaxed.

Sir Isaac Newton's apple tree is among those included in the project launched by Prince Charles.

Local elections are taking place next week, and councils' plans for the environment are under the spotlight.

None of the affected children in the UK had been vaccinated because they were too young to be eligible.

Officials say women will only be be able to get three months' worth of certain HRT products at a time.

Numbers with the virus have decreased by a quarter, with one in 23 now testing positive.

The volunteers were detained at a Russian checkpoint, according to an aid organisation.

The party believes it will remain the largest at Stormont, but it trails Sinn Féin in opinion polls.

Thousands of people who lived in the UK during the "mad cow disease" crisis are now eligible to donate.

Prince Charles told journalists he had seen them "shivering on the roofs" while reporting from Ukraine.

Denmark Carlsberg Earnings FILE - A view of Carlsberg beer cans at a joint press conference by Heineken and Carlsberg to announce their joint bid to buy UK brewer Scottish & Newcastle (S&N), in London, Friday, Jan. 25, 2008. Danish brewer Carlsberg says it saw a strong growth in the first three months of the year despite trying to sell its business in Russia, where it generated around 10% of its sales. Carlsberg said it had been “a turbulent quarter” because of the events in Ukraine and trying to sell Baltika Breweries. But it reported that sales — excluding Russia — increased 27.9% compared with the same period a year ago. Last year, Carlsberg said COVID-19 lockdowns and restrictions “significantly impacted” first-quarter earnings, and volumes then declined by 5.8%.

Danish brewer Carlsberg says it saw a strong growth in the first three months of the year despite trying to sell its business in Russia, where it generated around 10% of its sales.

An investigation uncovered allegations of predatory sexual behaviour and touching against the star.

JetBlue is canceling almost 1,300 flights over the next two weeks.

As several European nations tighten up or lock down to combat a spike in coronavirus infections, life in Britain is almost back to normal.

A long-serving member of Parliament was stabbed to death during a meeting with constituents at a church in England, in what police said was a terrorist incident.

A British police chief has resigned after sparking an outcry with comments he made about how women should be more “streetwise” when he spoke about the abduction, rape and murder of a woman by a police officer.

The Nobel Prize ceremonies will be reined in for a second year due to the coronavirus pandemic.

A British police officer has pleaded guilty to murdering a woman who was abducted as she walked home from a friend’s house in south London.

A 19-year-old British man has been convicted of murdering two sisters as they celebrated a birthday in a London park last year.

The U.S. is currently seeing an uptick in COVID-19 cases that could be fueled by the spread of more contagious virus variants, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

ORLANDO, Fla. – New cases of the UK variant of the COVID-19 virus are being reported across the county. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reporting 611 total cases of the COVID-19 variant in the United States, with Florida leading the way with 187 cases. At least 16 cases of the UK variant have been reported in Central Florida. Companies are working ahead and producing the boosters in the event they are needed, according to Dr. Fox. Lauren Cervantes: Can the virus mutate to the point where the COVID-19 vaccines are no longer effective?

Saga cruise line to require passengers to get vaccineUK-based Saga cruise lines is now the first cruise line in the world to require passengers to get a coronavirus vaccine in order to board. It announced passengers must be fully vaccinated, meaning they’ve received both does of the vaccine, 14 days before their departure. [TRENDING: What to know about Biden’s COVID-19 strategy | 2021 Bike Week will happen| Florida no longer releasing overdue vaccine numbers]The company is also pushing back resuming cruises from Apr. A Saga spokesman says their customers want the reassurance of the vaccine and to know others traveling with them will be vaccinated as well. The vaccine requirement comes as cruise lines struggle to resume operations, nearly a year after ceasing bookings in response to the pandemic.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Two family members who found themselves in the middle of a fatal wrong way crash have begun the next steps toward recovery. According to their GoFundMe pages, Drake Milis was released from the hospital Friday and will continue to recover. The Milis siblings were following their parents' vehicle after viewing the holiday display at Daytona International Speedway, Chitwood told a news conference on Wednesday. The deputy jumps off the chase when the driver hits his brakes and heads the wrong way up the interstate. Chitwood said the Wisconsin family just missed their exit just before the crash occurred.

“It’s a separate lineage from the U.K. and South Africa,” the head of the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, John Nkengasong, told reporters. He said the Nigeria CDC and the African Center of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious Diseases would analyze more samples. The new virus variant in South Africa is now the predominant one there, Nkengasong said, as confirmed infections in the country approach 1 million. “We believe this mutation will not have an effect” on the deployment of COVID-19 vaccines to the continent, he said of the South Africa variant. Infections across the continent have risen 10.9% over the past four weeks, the Africa CDC director said, including a 52% increase in Nigeria and 40% increase in South Africa.

The move means millions will be barred from meeting with anyone from outside their households and will be asked to minimize travel. The opposition Labour Party's spokesman on health issues, Jonathan Ashworth, described the measures as inadequate to stem the exponential growth of the virus. After Johnson on Wednesday refused to rule out such a move, Ashworth asked Thursday what the government's criteria were for taking such action. Hancock said discussions were continuing with Greater Manchester and Lancashire about moving those communities into the government's highest risk tier. There are growing indications that travel between the four nations will start to be restricted too, particularly to and from areas deemed to be high risk.

The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world:___The UK government says selected sports stars are to be exempt from quarantine requirements when competing in England. However, those involved will instead live and work in bubbled environments behind closed doors, UK culture secretary Oliver Dowden announced on Sunday. The new measures will allow Formula One, international soccer, golf and snooker events to take place. Competitors involved in these events will be granted quarantine exemptions. International cricketers are also now formally exempt, although individual special arrangements have already been made for the touring West Indies and Pakistan teams this summer.

At this very moment, there's a couple out there realizing that "their" song, the 2005 hit ballad "You're Beautiful," has nothing to do with a loving, body-positive relationship and everything to do with a stalker who's stoned out of his mind. UK artist James Blunt has set the record straight. "'You're Beautiful' is not this soft romantic [expletive] song," Blunt told The Huffington Post in March. "It's about a guy who's high as a [expletive] kite on drugs in the subway stalking someone else's girlfriend when that guy is there in front of him."

ORLANDO, Fla. – Virgin Holidays has stopped selling tickets to SeaWorld after axing partnerships with attractions that keep whales and dolphins in captivity. The UK based travel company annouced that the new policy would “come into effect as soon as possible.”“Virgin Holidays has decided to stop selling and promoting captive cetacean (whale and dolphin) experiences, as we look to focus on offering customers more natural, at-distance encounters with these animals,” Joe Thompson, Virgin Holidays’ managing director, said in a statement. There are three SeaWorld locations, in San Antonio, Orlando and San Diego. This decision means Virgin Holidays is stopping ticket sales to all but San Antonio, as that location was not on its books. Offers for Discovery Cove in Orlando, Atlantis Paradise Island in the Bahamas and Atlantis The Palm in Dubai have also been removed because of the decision.