Demonstration by Animal Rising delays start of famous race by quarter of an hour More than 100 animal rights protesters have been arrested after some invaded the Grand National course and forced the start of the world’s most famous steeplechase to be delayed by a quarter of an hour. About […]
Month: April 2023
Doctors could join coordinated strike as Royal College of Nurses announce national ballot on mass action England’s biggest nursing union is to ballot its members on whether to join a “make or break” mega-strike that would lead to mass action by nurses in every hospital trust in the country, the […]
Paramilitary group reports seizing control of presidential palace, army chief’s home and Khartoum airport Sudan was plunged into a long-feared violent crisis on Saturday as a bitter struggle for power appeared to break out between the two main factions of the ruling military regime. At least 25 people were reported […]
Fourteen smart motorways removed from government road-building plans over cost and safety fears The building of new smart motorways is being cancelled as Rishi Sunak acknowledged concerns about safety and cost. Fourteen planned smart motorways – including 11 that are already paused and three earmarked for construction – will be […]
Ex-BBC journalist who made formal apology on behalf of her family to descendants of enslaved also wants UK government to express remorse The former BBC journalist Laura Trevelyan has called for King Charles and the British government to apologise for historical links to the slave trade. In February, Trevelyan went […]
Promotion of anti-ageing product is illegal because it is a prescription-only medicine Nine in 10 beauty clinics are breaking the law by advertising Botox, new research reveals, sparking fresh concern that Britain’s booming £3.6bn cosmetic treatments industry is like the “wild west”. Academics at University College London (UCL) found 88% […]
RCN members refuse offer recommended by union leaders by 54% to 46% in ballot Nurses are to launch fresh strike action across England later this month after rejecting the government’s pay offer, sparking fears stoppages could go on until Christmas. In a major blow to ministers, union leaders and health […]
Government to seek 10 years on each of two charges, says prosecutor in Boston court Jack Teixeira, the air national guardsman arrested on suspicion of leaking hundreds of secret defence documents, has been charged in a Boston court on two counts under the Espionage Act as Washington reeled from the […]
US president turned his farewell speech outside St Muredach’s cathedral in Ballina into a celebration of Irish and American values Joe Biden has concluded his visit to Ireland with a passionate riverside address to tens of thousands of people at his ancestral town in County Mayo. The US president turned […]
Opera singers Andrea Bocelli and Sir Bryn Terfel also in lineup for Windsor Castle concert on Sunday 7 May Take That, Lionel Richie and Katy Perry will be among the artists performing at King Charles’s coronation concert, it has been announced, along with the opera singers Andrea Bocelli and Sir […]