Sir Keir Starmer has suffered another hammer blow to his authority as the armed forces minister followed John Healey in leaving the Government over a dispute about long-term funding for the military..

The condition of the Belfast stabbing victim is “improving” and he could be awoken from a coma within the next 48 hours, DUP leader Gavin Robinson said..

Nearly 3,000 patients every day were cared for in hospital corridors or makeshift treatment areas in England last month.

A 19-year-old police officer has died in hospital after she was hit by a car while responding to another collision, her chief constable has said..