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Defence Secretary John Healey suggested a UN convention on children’s rights stops Britain from being able to impose unlimited sentences on under-18s.

A wind speed of 114mph brought by Storm Eowyn has been recorded in Ireland, the fastest since records began, Irish forecaster Met Eireann said.

Jonathan Reynolds met EU trade commissioner Maros Sefcovic in Davos on Thursday.

Rail services and flights have been axed, with rare red weather warnings issued for Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Members of Edinburgh’s city council are to meet online to discuss plans to introduce a charge on visitors staying overnight in the area.

One story dominates the front pages of Friday’s newspapers.

Both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland are under the top-level red weather warnings for wind from early on Friday.

Weather warnings come into force at 10am on Friday.

Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, Bebe King, six, and Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, died in the attack in July last year.

Rare red weather warnings have been issued in Scotland and Northern Ireland.

The family of Elsie Dot Stancombe described the ‘compassion and sincerity’ they have received since the July 29 attack.

Paul Antony Butler, 53, was located and arrested in the Liskeard area of Cornwall, which is around 20 miles from Plymouth.

The bodies of Mark Gordon, 36, and his six-year-old daughter Hope were found in West Calder on Monday afternoon.

Police Scotland says there is no risk to the wider public.

British actors Cynthia Erivo and Felicity Jones have also secured nods.

Sir Keir Starmer has backed giving judges powers to force offenders to attend sentencing hearings.

The Scottish Sentencing Council has carried out a review of how the guideline was used in its first year.

The Music Venue Trust said the closure rate is less than in 2023.

Axel Rudakubana was handed one of the highest minimum custody terms on record.

The weather warning comes into force at 10am on Friday.