Two demonstrators removed almost immediately after sounding air horns and throwing confetti on the stage Two Just Stop Oil protesters disrupted the opening night of the BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall after running on to the stage, setting off confetti cannon and sounding air horns. The pair were […]
Year: 2023
Public service workers in England offered 5%-7% rises but departments must fund them from existing budgets Health union leaders have reacted furiously to a warning from Rishi Sunak that his offer of a 6% pay rise this year was final and that “no amount of strikes” would change his mind, […]
Simultaneous strikes by WGA and Sag-Aftra are expected to halt the majority of Hollywood’s film and TV production The union representing Hollywood actors formally announced a strike on Thursday, expanding the standoff between Hollywood workers and studio executives over wages, AI technology and how to divide the profits of the […]
As annual three-week survey kicks off, there are signs weather has taken toll on populations of common species Last summer’s drought may have reduced butterfly populations this year because grasses and flowers that would usually feed caterpillars withered and died in the heatwave, scientists say. People are being urged to […]
Spokesperson says ex-PM wants to hand over WhatsApp messages but experts describe latest development as ‘pretty lame excuse’ Boris Johnson’s WhatsApp messages are yet to be received by the Covid inquiry because he is said to have forgotten the passcode for his old phone. The former prime minister’s spokesperson said […]
Expert panels recommend that people should keep consumption of popular sweetener below 40mg/kg a day The sweetener aspartame is a “possible carcinogen” but it remains safe to consume at already agreed levels, two groups linked to the World Health Organization (WHO) have declared. The rulings are the outcome of two […]
News comes shortly after Met says there is no evidence suspended presenter committed criminal offence Huw Edwards has been named as the BBC presenter suspended over allegations he paid for explicit images, after a media scandal that has rocked the national broadcaster and left him in hospital. The episode has […]
Sergei Naryshkin says he and Bill Burns discussed the mutiny and ‘what to do with Ukraine’ in phone call last month Russia’s foreign intelligence chief Sergei Naryshkin has said that he and his CIA counterpart discussed the shortlived mutiny a week earlier by Russian mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin and “what […]
Survey of estate agents reports growing reluctance among potential homebuyers to make a purchase Mortgages to cost 1m borrowers extra £500 a month by 2026, BoE warns Renting a room in UK tops £700 a month on average The steep rise in mortgage interest rates and anxiety about the prospect […]
‘It’s about minimum standards,’ says former England player Saturday 3pm games on TV, equal FA Cup prize money suggested A landmark review of women’s football in England has called for wholesale change across the game; from enhancing minimum standards for professionals to “rapid growth” in the development of young talent. […]