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Commons speaker confirms he warned police about Peter Mandelson 'flight risk' ahead of arrest – The Journal

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Commons speaker confirms he warned police about Peter Mandelson ‘flight risk’ ahead of arrest  The Journal UK speaker passed information about Mandelson to police  RTE.ie Met apologises to Commons speaker for sharing tip-off with Mandelson’s lawyers  The Guardian Peter Mandelson says arrest based on ‘complete fiction’ that he was flight risk  The Times ‘US shuns war anniversary’ and ‘Prince … Read more

Tory MP appeared to make ‘offensive’ Irish potato famine remark, Commons told – The Irish News

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A senior Conservative MP appeared to make “offensive and insensitive” comments about the Irish potato famine, the Commons has heard. Shadow business secretary Andrew Griffith, responding to a question, said he was not sure if a person could “subsist entirely on a seed potato” before adding it “may have been tried historically and not with … Read more

Sunak calls for targeted national screening programme for prostate cancer – The Irish News

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Former prime minister Rishi Sunak has urged Sir Keir Starmer to set up a national screening programme for those at high risk of prostate cancer. Mr Sunak, who was recently made a Prostate Cancer Research ambassador, said thousands of lives could be saved as a result of targeted measures. Black men and those with a … Read more