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Border Force strikes: ‘2% pay offer is an insult’
Members of the PCS Union resume strike action at London's Gatwick Airport. Around 1,000 Border Force staff are walking out of major airports around the UK.
Members of the PCS Union resume strike action at London's Gatwick Airport. Around 1,000 Border Force staff are walking out of major airports around the UK.
Royal Mail introduced the barcoded stamps last year to improve security and efficiency
Thousands of people are gathering for the main Up Helly Aa fire festival in Shetland, with women set to take part in the squads for the first time.
Slimming drugs seem to be all the rage, but most are not regulated, and some have even proven to be fatal.
Cars that meet certain emission standards are exempt from the £12.50-a-day levy
The Princess of Wales is calling on the whole of society to play a part in helping children to have the best start in life and grow into "happy, healthy adults". This week, Kate will front the new awareness drive called Shaping Us, with the hope it'll revolutionise the way the UK thinks about supporting families and young children.
But Rishi Sunak says Britain will "accelerate" other help for Kyiv in the war.
Employers are using heavy-handed tactics to prevent workers from organizing, and US labor union density is falling as a result
Ankara says Finland's NATO bid is "less problematic" than Sweden's after Turkey accused the government in Stockholm of enabling groups it deems as terror organisations. But Finland's FM says it is important for both countries to join the alliance at the same time.
Premier League strugglers Wolves have signed midfielder Joao Gomes from Brazilian side Flamengo on a long-term deal for a reported fee of £15 million ($18.5 million).Wolves are currently 17th in the Premier League, level on points with Bournemouth, who are in the relegation zone. jw/smg/imm
Teachers in Bury are set to walk out tomorrow as part of national strike action taken by members of the National Education Union (NEU).
Editorial: Ministers want Britain’s judges to interpret human rights not in the light of present day conditions, but those of the 1950s
Advocates urge overhaul of strict bail laws in Victoria and elsewhere to ensure people aren’t needlessly funnelled into jail
A mum of two from Darwen has opened the doors to her brand-new coffeehouse – and it has already been a huge success.
Some 35,600 mortgages were approved for house purchase, which was the lowest total since May 2020, according to Bank of England figures.
SNP ministers have been criticised for spending more than £600,000 on a “propaganda” campaign which experts said was designed to fuel their push for independence rather than help vulnerable Scots.
Enough with the tiresome pearl-clutching.
Brendan Fraser has admitted that he didn't like himself much early in his career.
As they descended on Cusco, the former capital of the Inca empire turned global tourism magnet, Remo Candia insisted to his followers that their anti-government protests remain peaceful.
Editorial: Rebellions and magical thinking have made the Conservatives look both arrogant and divided
Pope Francis landed in the Democratic Republic of Congo Tuesday, hailing his "beautiful trip" to Africa as he comes bearing a message of peace to the conflict-torn nation and its troubled neighbour South Sudan.It is the first time since 1985 that a pope has visited the Democratic Republic of Congo, a desperately poor country of about 100 million people, 40 percent of whom are Catholic.