British PM gets on ‘purr-fectly’ with Downing St cat

Three of Europe’s biggest oil explorers are among companies being questioned by European antitrust regulators about potential manipulation of prices in the €2.6tn annual global crude market.

Health Minister James Reilly says he “absolutely supports” the introduction of minimum pricing for alcohol.

Former Downing St communications director Alastair Campbell was giving evidence to the Leveson Inquiry into press standards today – although details of his testimony had already been leaked to a blogger.

DUP sources in the North are claiming they had a pre-arranged deal with Downing Street over their refusal to meet tomorrow's deadline on devolution.