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Bus driver walk-out to be suspended after new pay offer, says union

Strike action by drivers at Stagecoach West Scotland will be suspended from 3pm on Wednesday while a new pay offer is put to an all-members ballot.

2025-06-17T17:27:57Z

Owen Farrell not focused on ‘hypothetical’ Lions talk after rejoining Saracens

Owen Farrell not focused on ‘hypothetical’ Lions talk after rejoining Saracens - Farrell has cut short his spell at Racing 92 to make his Premiership return.

2025-06-17T17:06:26Z

'Truth isn't racist!' Suella Braverman VINDICATED after Pakistani grooming gang claim labelled 'misleading' by regulator

Suella Braverman has defended a historic claim on Pakistani grooming gangs after it was labelled "offensive" and "misleading" by the UK's press regulator. The former Home Secretary received a complaint after she wrote in 2023 that UK child grooming gangs were made up of "almost all British-Pakistani men". The Independent Press Standards Organisatio...

2025-06-17T14:23:48Z

‘Disgraceful’ to suggest police wipe records of trans criminals – Constance

The Justice Secretary asked police to launch a review after a newspaper reported a transgender killer had their record ‘wiped’.

2025-06-17T14:46:20Z

Lauren James ‘feeling good’ after injury and ready for ‘pressure’ of Euro 2025

Lauren James ‘feeling good’ after injury and ready for ‘pressure’ of Euro 2025 - The forward has not played since the end of March due to a hamstring injury but is ready to feature at the Euros after taking her game to a another level

2025-06-17T17:36:18Z

MLAs slam ’unacceptable’ 28 month delay for Belfast Maternity Hospital

A proposed option to fix a problem with harmful bacteria in the hospital’s water system could take over two years

2025-06-17T15:31:10Z

Tighter immigration rules could hit UK net zero mission, report warns

Tough rules announced in the government’s immigration white paper could jeopardise the UK’s net zero mission by causing labour shortages, a report has warned. Labour’s white paper released last month included plans to raise the minimum qualification for skilled worker visas from A-level equivalent to degree and to maintain the higher salary threshold of £38,700 introduced by the outgoing Conservative government last year. A report by the Centre...

2025-06-17T17:46:49Z

Florida can't enforce a new immigration law while court challenge continues, judges rule

Florida can't enforce a new immigration law while court challenge continues, judges rule - Authorities can’t enforce a new Florida law making it a misdemeanor for people in the U.S. illegally to enter the state while the law is being challenged in court

2025-06-17T16:51:08Z

Nightmare for Keir Starmer as new poll shows Reform UK trouncing Labour in Wales

New poll is a major boost for insurgent party ahead of next year's Senedd election.

2025-06-17T15:29:12Z

Holocaust memorial critics warn of creating ‘monument to death and the Nazis’

Holocaust memorial critics warn of creating ‘monument to death and the Nazis’ - Concerns have again been raised at Westminster over the loss of green space, the design of the scheme and security implications

2025-06-17T17:49:56Z

Starmer to cut visas for countries who fail to sign return agreements for illegal migrants

Starmer to cut visas for countries who fail to sign return agreements for illegal migrants - After talks at the G7 over the ‘deteriorating situation’ with Channel crossings, the PM vows to take tougher action

2025-06-17T15:40:44Z

Distinguished northerners conferred with honorary degrees by Trinity College Dublin

Former justice Sir Donnell Deeny and Irish language activist Linda Ervine among just four honoured at ceremony last Friday

2025-06-17T17:16:17Z

Starmer hits back at Badenoch over grooming scandal, claiming Tories did nothing

Sir Keir Starmer asked ‘why on earth’ Mrs Badenoch did not bring forward a duty for authorities to report child sexual exploitation in power.

2025-06-17T15:46:09Z

Monty Python legend Eric Idle, 83, hospitalised for second time in three days

Monty Python legend Eric Idle, 83, hospitalised for second time in three days - The comedian’s latest health scare follows his revelation last year that he ‘shouldn’t be alive’ after surviving pancreatic cancer

2025-06-17T17:34:51Z

NYC mayoral candidate Brad Lander arrested by masked agents at immigration court

NYC mayoral candidate Brad Lander arrested by masked agents at immigration court - The city’s comptroller was grabbed by masked officers and accused of ‘assault’ days after US Sen. Alex Padilla was handcuffed at a Kristi Noem event on ICE enforcement in California

2025-06-17T17:21:10Z

Federal employees say many government agencies at a standstill thanks to DOGE cuts: ‘We are set up for failure’

Federal employees say many government agencies at a standstill thanks to DOGE cuts: ‘We are set up for failure’ - ‘Without science, the agency can’t function. And that’s what we’re seeing right now,’ one source told Politico

2025-06-17T17:46:16Z

Facial recognition technology needs stricter regulation

The Metropolitan police’s recognition of the value in “some sort of framework or statutory guidance” for live facial recognition is welcome (Live facial recognition cameras may become ‘commonplace’ as police use soars, 24 May). However, it is not just police use of this technology that needs a clear legal framework. Despite the scale and speed of its expansion, there is still no specific law providing a basis for live facial recognition or other...

2025-06-17T16:50:21Z

Letter: Gawn Grainger obituary

Gawn Grainger and I got to know each other well in the mid-1990s, during the filming and subsequent theatre run of Julian Mitchell’s Welsh relocation of Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya, entitled August. As a schoolboy I had seen most of Gawn’s National Theatre appearances – I particularly loved his slimy aristocrat Oronte in Molière’s The Misanthrope. A fierce and unwavering champion of my only play, Bitter With a Twist, he gave it an early reading with...

2025-06-17T17:10:11Z

Children of murdered Minnesota lawmaker release statement instructing people how to ‘honor’ their parents’ lives

Children of murdered Minnesota lawmaker release statement instructing people how to ‘honor’ their parents’ lives - ‘We are grateful for the outpouring of love and support we have received, and we appreciate your respect for our family’s privacy as we grieve,’ the children said.

2025-06-17T17:06:19Z

Kemi Badenoch slams grooming gang cover ups as one of Britain's 'biggest scandals'

Kemi Badenoch hosted a press conference alongside grooming gang survivors and campaigners on Tuesday.

2025-06-17T15:44:13Z

‘Cruel’ criminalisation of women over abortion must end, says MP ahead of vote

Tonia Antoniazzi said her proposed ‘narrow, targeted’ measure does not change the rules under the 1967 Abortion Act.

2025-06-17T17:31:26Z

Tom Cruise is finally getting an Oscar — as will Dolly Parton, Debbie Allen and Wynn Thomas

Tom Cruise is finally getting an Oscar — as will Dolly Parton, Debbie Allen and Wynn Thomas - Tom Cruise is finally getting an Oscar

2025-06-17T18:16:35Z

Toy company challenges Trump’s tariffs before the Supreme Court in long shot bid for quick decision

Toy company challenges Trump’s tariffs before the Supreme Court in long shot bid for quick decision - An Illinois toy company is challenging Donald Trump’s tariffs at the Supreme Court

2025-06-17T18:16:23Z

15 American Books That Shaped Global Literature

15 American Books That Shaped Global Literature

2025-06-17T16:14:24Z

Former police chief known as the 'Devil in the Ozarks' pleads not guilty to a prison escape charge

Former police chief known as the 'Devil in the Ozarks' pleads not guilty to a prison escape charge - A convicted murderer and former police chief known as the “Devil in the Ozarks” has pleaded not guilty to a charge stemming from his recent escape from an Arkansas prison

2025-06-17T17:21:08Z

Pope Leo XIV to spend summer holidays at Castel Gandolfo

Pope Leo XIV will spend two weeks in Castel Gandolfo, the traditional summer residence of popes near Rome, the Vatican said on Tuesday. The new head of the Catholic Church is reviving a tradition of his predecessors after a break of almost a decade and a half. Pope Francis, who died on April 21, had decided not to do go away on a break and would re...

2025-06-17T18:17:49Z

REVEALED: Countries which fail to stop migrants travelling to UK illegally could have visa quotas reduced, says Sir Keir Starmer

Countries which fail to stop migrants travelling illegally to the UK could have their annual visa quotas docked, Sir Keir Starmer has said as part of "innovative solution" to stop boats. The Prime Minister also guaranteed that all migrant hotels will be emptied by 2029, but he would not say if they will be just be moved into flats and Houses of Mul...

2025-06-17T16:54:00Z

EU Parliament to criminalise AI-generated child abuse material

EU lawmakers from left to right voted by landslide to criminalise AI-generated child abuse images. The sweeping law also tackles grooming, livestreaming, sextortion and age of consent, aiming to close loopholes and protect children across the EU. View on euronews

2025-06-17T14:46:44Z

'Nigel Farage is the ENEMY!' Durham Miners' Gala doubles down on 'insulting' snub to Reform UK

The Durham Miners' Association has doubled down on its refusal to invite Reform UK to its 139th annual gala despite the party's landslide victory in the county's council election. Last month, the DMA's general secretary Alan Mardghum vowed that leader Nigel Farage would "never, ever, ever be invited" to the gala - and now, the group has issued a le...

2025-06-17T14:23:48Z

UK's Crown Estate to invest up to 400 million stg in offshore wind

By Nina Chestney LONDON (Reuters) -King Charles III's Crown Estate, which owns Britain's seabed, said on Tuesday it will invest up to 400 million pounds ($543 million) in the country's offshore wind supply chain. The investment is intended to support the construction of new infrastructure, including ports, supply chain manufacturing, and research and testing facilities, to enable the deployment

2025-06-17T15:00:20Z

How NHS and councils covered up grooming gangs scandal with sickening move

Dame Louise Casey told MPs organisations "often use" privacy "safeguards" to "protect our own agency interest".

2025-06-17T16:04:01Z

Hugh Laurie said he ‘doesn’t care about’ House fans ‘or reliving the show’ in brutal interview refusal

Hugh Laurie said he ‘doesn’t care about’ House fans ‘or reliving the show’ in brutal interview refusal - Fans joked the actor ‘embodied House’ with his curt response

2025-06-17T17:36:17Z

15 Books That Were Almost Never Published but Changed the World

15 Books That Were Almost Never Published but Changed the World

2025-06-17T15:29:02Z

Newsmax once courted Tucker Carlson. Now they say he’s irrelevant after Trump-Iran criticism.

Newsmax once courted Tucker Carlson. Now they say he’s irrelevant after Trump-Iran criticism. - ANALYSIS: Two years after Newsmax publicly wooed Tucker Carlson and even offered to let him rebrand the channel if he joined, the network is taking sides in the intra-MAGA feud that’s erupted over the burgeoning war between Israel and Iran, Justin Baragona writes.

2025-06-17T17:21:23Z

20 Literary Rivalries That Shaped the American Canon

20 Literary Rivalries That Shaped the American Canon

2025-06-17T15:58:53Z

MPs back major abortion law change to decriminalise women in landmark vote

Labour MP Tonia Antoniazzi urged the Commons to take a 'once in a generation' opportunity to change abortion laws, but critics said the move would be 'dangerous'

2025-06-17T18:18:32Z

What is the Juneteenth holiday celebrated in the US?

What is the Juneteenth holiday celebrated in the US? -

2025-06-17T18:01:30Z

South London music festival meant to take place within weeks is postponed after local backlash

One councillor was disappointed to see that the music festival had been postponed and felt that much of the hostility towards the organisers was "unwarranted"

2025-06-17T17:04:05Z

Nigel Farage issues huge warning to Keir Starmer over grooming gang probe

Reform UK leader raises fears PM will 'kick this into the long grass'

2025-06-17T17:14:33Z

Former operator of Notting Hill celebrity hotspot ordered to pay over £30,000 for rat and cockroach infestations

Former operator of Notting Hill celebrity hotspot ordered to pay over £30,000 for rat and cockroach infestations - District Judge Clarke said: ‘This was probably one of the most egregious cases I have seen’

2025-06-17T15:35:19Z

Mosquito-borne virus spreads across southern england, threatening blackbird populations

A mosquito-borne virus newly detected in Britain is spreading swiftly across southern England, prompting growing concern among scientists for the nation’s iconic blackbirds. The Usutu virus, first identified in the UK in 2020, has been found in wild birds as far west as Dorset and as far north as Cambridgeshire. Transmitted by infected mosquitoes, the virus poses a particular threat to blackbirds, a species already under pressure from habitat loss, pesticide use and climate change. ++ Ryan Tedder criticises Anti-Trump protests during US army anniversary Researchers from the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) in Weybridge, Surrey, have been tracking […]

2025-06-17T16:22:25Z

Speaker accuses Government of ‘appalling’ breaches of ministerial code

Sir Lindsay Hoyle said he would like to take the Government to task over the issue but that he had ‘not got the power’.

2025-06-17T16:01:17Z

Stephen Miller’s wife ordered Social Security workers to cover up a lie from her new boss Elon Musk: report

Stephen Miller’s wife ordered Social Security workers to cover up a lie from her new boss Elon Musk: report - Former White House aide remains at Tesla chief’s side even after barrage of Epstein allegations

2025-06-17T17:46:26Z

Government recognises financial challenge in mitigating two-child cap – minister

The Scottish Government has announced it will open applications for mitigation of the welfare policy on March 2.

2025-06-17T15:16:14Z

Ealing children's centre closures could be halted as councillors force review

The Ealing Lib Dems hope to force a u-turn on the controversial plans

2025-06-17T17:19:10Z

King and Queen welcome Peter Phillips’ girlfriend to Royal Ascot

King and Queen welcome Peter Phillips’ girlfriend to Royal Ascot - NHS nurse Harriet Sperling joined guests in the royal box.

2025-06-17T17:46:23Z

Wartime codebreaker Alan Turing’s scientific papers sell for £465,000 at auction

A cache of Alan Turing’s most important scientific papers have been sold for £465,000 at auction, more than three times their expected sale price, after being saved from the shredder. It had been estimated that the collection would sell for £150,000 in 13 separate lots but it fetched a total of £465,400 on Tuesday, which is understood to be a record for Turing material. The treasure trove of some of the wartime codebreaker’s most important work...

2025-06-17T18:14:46Z

Spanish police say Malaga shooting suspect ‘fled three countries in 15 hours’

Spanish police say Malaga shooting suspect ‘fled three countries in 15 hours’ - A man aged 44 was arrested in Liverpool on June 13, according to the National Crime Agency, which supported the arrest alongside Merseyside Police.

2025-06-17T16:04:32Z

Jack Draper laughs off snub as Emma Raducanu picks Carlos Alcaraz for US Open

Jack Draper laughs off snub as Emma Raducanu picks Carlos Alcaraz for US Open - Draper will instead partner Qinwen Zheng in the mixed doubles.

2025-06-17T18:01:38Z

Ray Romano begged head of CBS to change the name of Everybody Loves Raymond: ‘I’m gonna have to live with that’

Ray Romano begged head of CBS to change the name of Everybody Loves Raymond: ‘I’m gonna have to live with that’ - Exclusive: ‘Everybody Loves Raymond’ ran from 1996 to 2005

2025-06-17T17:06:09Z