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 […]
Jack Teixeira, 21-year-old US air national guardsman, is believed to have led online group where classified files appeared Who is Jack Teixeira, the man arrested over Pentagon files leak? The FBI has arrested a 21-year-old air national guardsman in Massachusetts suspected of being responsible for the leak of US classified […]
Former senior minister accuses home secretary of undermining party for sake of her own leadership ambitions More senior Conservatives have hit out at Suella Braverman’s “racist rhetoric”, accusing her of undermining the party for the sake of her own leadership ambitions. Pressure was mounting on Rishi Sunak on Thursday to […]
Union to announce result of vote on Friday after its leaders recommended that ministers’ offer be accepted Nurses in England will go back on strike this month if RCN members reject ministers’ latest pay offer, with officials saying the result of the three-week ballot is too close to call. The […]
Actor says he and his True Detective co-star ‘did some math’ after his mother revealed she knew Harrelson’s father Matthew McConaughey says his True Detective co-star and close friend Woody Harrelson are considering whether to do a DNA test after realising they could possibly be brothers. Speaking on Kelly Ripa’s […]
BAE Systems and Rolls-Royce among those funded, with aim of producing new aircraft by 2035 The Ministry of Defence has awarded £650m to manufacturers working on its Tempest fighter jet, in the latest sign that the UK is pushing forward with the aim of producing the aircraft by 2035. The […]
Diabetes UK study also expresses concern about growing number of younger people with type 2 The UK is experiencing a “rapidly escalating” diabetes crisis, with cases topping five million for the first time and under-40s increasingly affected, a report has revealed. About 90% of diabetes patients have type 2, a […]