A man has lost a seven-year legal battle against the Christian owners of a Belfast bakery who refused to make him a cake with the slogan “support gay marriage” after his claim was ruled inadmissible by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR).

Pressure has been building on Boris Johnson to tackle financial strain on households

PM expected to take personal charge of meetings on energy crisis next week

Drivers will walk out on weekend evenings until June in a row over rosters.

The Transport Secretary made the comments after the acquittal of four people criminal damage for toppling a statue of a slave trader in Bristol.

The ECHR said Gareth Lee failed to ‘exhaust domestic remedies’ in the long-running legal dispute.

Changes to the self-isolation period in Scotland were announced on Wednesday.

PM says no further social restrictions for now as Omicron infections hit record high

The Commons Leader argued in Cabinet that the rise should be shelved to stem the cost of living crisis engulfing the Government.

Two politicians and two hoteliers are accused of an alleged breach of Covid restrictions in organising a golf society dinner.

The group said sales jumped 20% against pre-pandemic festive trading levels in the eight weeks to December 25.

Germany has found itself facing a series of challenges in its relations with Russia and China since taking office last month that are testing the new government’s foreign policy mettle

New Covid variant is highly transmissible and remains serious cause for concern this winter

Roger Whiteside has announced he will quit after nearly a decade with the retailer as the company revealed strong sales.

Historian David Olusoga said the survey captured ‘one of the most dramatic and dangerous moments in history’.

The change applies to those who have no fever and test negative on day six and seven of isolation.

Gareth Lee tried but failed to order the £36.50 cake at Ashers bakery in Belfast in May 2014.

The Radiohead frontman has teamed up with bandmate Jonny Greenwood and Sons Of Kemet’s Tom Skinner for the new musical project.

The front-pages carry the jury’s verdict in the Edward Colston statue trial as well as the scrapping of travel testing measures.

Legislation brought by Priti Patel condemned as ‘tool to divide’ as peers debate citizenship laws

Staff shortages hit hospitals, schools, fire service and transport

Marazion was one of 39 places longlisted to have its civic status upgraded – but it has pulled out of competition after being effectively excluded by Cabinet Office

‘They can often confuse ovarian cancer symptoms with more common conditions like IBS or the menopause,’ says expert

Health leaders said the health service was being stretched beyond what it had ever seen before.

Health trusts across Northern Ireland have asked for the full co-operation of patients amid warnings of pressure on the health service due to Covid.

The bronze memorial to the 17th century figure was pulled down during a Black Lives Matter protest on June 7 2020.

Boris Johnson faced questions from all sides over the cost of living rise.

Members of Edinburgh Bar Association will no longer take part in Edinburgh Sheriff Court’s duty solicitor scheme to represent the criminally accused.

A man aged 43 appeared at Hamilton Sheriff Court.

‘We didn’t change history, we rectified it’

The Prime Minister said he had been right to resist bringing in stricter Covid measures before Christmas.

International Trade Secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan updated MPs about the UK and Australia’s trade agreement.

Photographs show small child wearing pink onesie being carried ashore in man’s arms as pair arrive in Dover

The teenager, known as Marni, suffered multiple stab wounds on the evening of December 15.

Some areas have reportedly lost 40 per cent of their care home beds

Alice Byrne has been missing since New Year’s Day.

Police believe the gifted music student had entered the water after leaving a nightclub alone

But Nadhim Zawhawi says government expects staff absences to be a problem in the immediate-term

An estimated 3.7 million people had coronavirus in the week to New Year’s Eve.

Boris Johnson made a number of statements during Prime Minister’s Questions which have been contested.

The UK Health Security Agency said anyone in England with a positive lateral flow test will be required to self-isolate immediately.

Thousands of workers across the health service in Northern Ireland are absent due to Covid-19.

Teaching must remain face-to-face for children to have the best learning experience, Nadhim Zahawi tells MPs.

Boris Johnson said the prevalence of the Omicron variant means the rule is having a limited impact on the spread of the disease.

Angela Rayner says average family faces hit of over £1,200

Pat Sheehan has submitted a recall motion to the Assembly to see MLAs return early to discuss the reopening of schools and other issues.

Sir Desmond has frequently criticised the government’s Covid restrictions

The victim was allegedly killed during a row over £40,000

Floods ‘one of the most serious climate-related risks’ for country, author says

The force was alerted to reports of a body in the Thames near Embankment.

A total of 17,276 people were in hospital in the UK with Covid-19 as of January 4, Government figures show.

The bronze memorial to the 17th century figure was pulled down during a Black Lives Matter protest.

Tribute features a large white marble ‘halo’ and a hawthorn tree that will bloom every year around anniversary of atrocity

A defendant said the slave trader’s statue being pulled down in 2020 had ‘rectified history’

Cash could pay for catch-up tutoring as Omicron ‘wreaks havoc’ on face-to-face learning

‘Whilst a free trade deal is valuable in itself, we should not be held to ransom’, prime minister told

The duchess sued Associated Newspapers Limited over five articles that reproduced parts of a letter to her estranged father Thomas Markle

Boris Johnson said the measures in place were ‘helping to take the edge off the Omicron wave’.

More than nine in 10 local areas have recorded a week-on-week rise in rates.

Ministers met with energy industry bosses on Wednesday afternoon

Across the UK, 334 more deaths have been recorded

The Endurance22 Expedition will leave Cape Town, South Africa, on February 5 and travel to Antarctica.

Exclusive: Government claims it needs ‘safe space’ to discuss changes as police officer says plans push black communities away

Dr Sandesh Gulhane claimed the First Minister had described him as being against all restrictions, which he said he is not.

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James Stunt appeared at Leeds Crown Court where he is also accused of forgery.

Conservatives have also 'watered down' Boris Johnson’s pledge to deliver full-fibre broadband to every home

Prime minister refuses to correct Commons record – despite saying, in October, that worries were ‘unfounded’

A coalition of groups has written to local health and care leaders calling on them to ensure that care home visiting restrictions are proportionate.

The stationery brand was impacted by weaker student, business and city centre trade.

The monument to the 17th century slave trader was pulled down during a Black Lives Matter march in Bristol in June 2020.

Coronavirus testing rules for people without symptoms are to be eased across the UK.

Many said that they gave up on their new years resolutions as they wanted to socialise

Nicola Sturgeon said the delay was necessary to ensure the data was robust and reliable.

But testing requirements for travelling to England are to be loosened

Labour deputy leader Angela Rayner said the Prime Minister’s ‘incompetence is taking our country backwards and costing our country dear’.

She pulled 195lb sled 700 miles through temperatures that dropped to -45C and winds that reached 60mph

‘Balanced and proportionate’ approach to Covid has resulted in economy growing faster, says PM

They claim combining classes will ‘increase virus transmission’ and lead to ‘further disruption’.

The Department of Health said all who get a positive lateral flow test result should self-isolate for the recommended time.

Volunteers with the Coniston Mountain Rescue Team in the Lake District have already been sent into action 44 times this year

The new headset is being built to work with the PlayStation 5.

Around 48,000 domain names revoked

‘When you’re dead you can’t turn around and say “I wish I had the vaccine”’

Health Minister Eluned Morgan said the change would be brought in from Thursday January 6.

The latest Department of Health figures show that all waiting time targets in Northern Ireland have been missed.

First minister also announces changes to testing rules for Scots

The PCS union and a charity are taking legal action against the Home Office over its proposals, which they say will put lives at risk.

Isolation rules apply to all patients, irrespective of whether they have been fully vaccinated or had a previous Covid infection.

The charge concerning a young girl dates back more than 40 years.

Ryan O’Connor was stabbed in the heart on a roundabout in Newport in June last year.

Seventy per cent of people are against devices being used at the wheel

The Agriculture Minister’s paper follows a pre-action letter which claims that port checks required by the protocol are unlawful.

Electric SUV has seven seats and impressive on-board technology.

The Home Office said the number of adult asylum seekers falsely claiming to be children is a ‘significant issue’.

1 in 15 people in England are estimated to have had coronavirus in the week ending December 31