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There has been a huge surge in people from the UK applying for Irish citizenship since the EU referendum vote. It is thought that around ten per cent of the UK's population meet the criteria to be accepted by the Irish government. There were about 45,000 applications in the first half of 2018, virtually the same as for the entire 2015, the year leading up to the EU vote Neale Richmond, chairman of the Brexit committee in the Irish senate...

Channel 4 is set to move its national headquarters to Yorkshire after the board selected Leeds over Manchester and Birmingham. The city, which was praised for its “thriving digital industry and a strong digital talent pool” by Channel 4, was selected after a long consultation process, with Glasgow and Bristol selected as its two new Creative Hubs. The three new locations are part of the 4 All UK strategy, which was first announced in March, and will mark the biggest change...

TOWIE star Gemma Collins has given her backing to Jeremy Corbyn after she bumped into the Labour leader at the Pride of Britain awards. The Essex star – whose dad is a staunch Labour supporter - praised the party’s manifesto after their “magical moment” together, which she described as been like When Harry Met Sally. Asked why she supports the Labour man she said: “He’s not just for the rich getting rich. He wants to make everything equal. “He’s got...

Organisers at the annual Kent bash have previously depicted disgraced film producer Harvey Weinstein, ex-Apprentice star Katie Hopkins and Donald Trump.

Police chiefs in England and Wales are considering taking unprecedented legal action against the government in order to block plans to deduct hundreds of millions of pounds from their budgets, the Guardian has revealed. The National Police Chiefs Council has sent a formal letter to the Treasury saying it will seek a judicial review of the government’s proposals after the Treasury recalculated the money each force needed to pay into the police pension scheme. It landed forces with a £420...

Conservative councillors were left dumbfounded after a word cloud created for the Edinburgh 2050 campaign returned “Tory Free” as one of the people’s hopes for the future. The 2050 vision campaign was launched two years ago as an initiative to help shape the future of the Scottish capital by inviting residents to share their hopes for the future. But local Tory councillors were displeased when “Tory free” came up as one of the city’s primary aspirations. The Conservative group on...

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Craig Mackinlay, 52, and his two assistants are said to have spent more than double the legal limit to see off the former UKIP leader's bid to win the South Thanet seat in Kent

Detectives warned women walking home alone after work to be on their guard after the victims were attacked in the Docklands area of east London - all in the early evening