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Ama Agbeze and Geoff Thompson join Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games board Ama Agbeze captained England to Commonwealth gold in 2018 (Nigel French/PA) Former international athletes Ama Agbeze and Geoff Thompson have been appointed to the board of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games. Agbeze captained Team England’s netballers to Commonwealth gold at the Gold Coast 2018 Games, while Thompson is five-time former world karate champion. Their appointments by Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden follow concerns over a lack of diversity among the event’s leadership. Culture Secretary Oliver Dowde...

The chief medical officer said it was very important that Irish people kept their efforts up in the coming weeks.

Ireland now ‘best in Europe’ at suppressing third wave

Health service may be facing most challenging week in its history, says minister

Stormont’s Finance Minister has requested an urgent meeting with the Chancellor to establish what support Northern Ireland will be offered if another lockdown is required. Conor Murphy said he needed Rishi Sunak to confirm details around Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s recent assurances that financial assistance would be provided if the move was necessary. Executive ministers met on Monday amid mounting expectation that the administration will seek to impose more stringent restrictions across the region to deal with soaring infection rates. Ministers did not make any decisions on the intro...