This week's train strikes, involving 40,000 workers and three days of disrupted travel, are the worst in three decades.
About 1.7 million people are estimated to have had coronavirus last week, up 23% from 1.4 million the previous week, the Office for National Statistics has said. COVID levels are continuing to rise in all four nations of the UK, with the increase likely caused by infections compatible with the Omicron variants BA.4 and BA.5. This is the highest estimate for total infections since the end of April, but is still well below the record high of 4.9 million which was reached at the end of March.
‘As stated in yesterday’s congressional hearings, you don’t ask for a pardon if you are innocent. And, you don’t decline to appeal if you know you are right,’ said Heard’s spokesperson
Major upgrades to a historic town centre landmark which is in ‘urgent need’ of refurbishment have been approved by an Essex council.
Blackburn locals will have the chance to play darts with a professional darts player to raise funds for a youth organisation next month.
A man accused of driving his SUV through a Christmas parade in suburban Milwaukee has served notice that he'll try to convince a jury that he was mentally ill during the incident and shouldn't go to prison
Pilot warns US flights aren't safe because of ‘inhumane’ schedules
Stellantis has run a successful trial for an EV that can charge itself without having to stop.
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This year’s meeting is taking place in Kigali, Rwanda.
Stella Assange said the WikiLeaks founder was told he was being moved to a bare cell “for his own protection”.
The Liberal Democrats have claimed an "historic victory" in the Tiverton and Honiton by-election. Polls have closed in the by-elections being held in Wakefield and Tiverton and Honiton and the counting of votes is under way. Both seats were held by the Conservatives before their previous MPs resigned in disgrace, triggering the by-elections.
Sir Keir Starmer has been out on a victory lap in Wakefield after his Labour's candidate Simon Lightwood took the seat from the Conservatives in Thursday's by-election. The Labour leader said the result put his party on track to win the next general election, saying: "The Tory Party is absolutely imploding, they know they're out of ideas and they're out of touch and if they had any decency, they'd get out the way for the next Labour government.".
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The U.S. Forest Service has issued a draft environmental assessment to lay the foundation for a proposed 20-year moratorium on copper-nickel mining upstream from the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness
An SNP MP has been cleared of drunkenly asking a party staffer to “come home and shag me” after an initial ruling that upheld the complaint was quashed.
The former world boxing champion was threatened with a firearm and robbed after dining in a restaurant in east London.
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MEMBERS of the Armed Forces will be eligible for a free hot breakfast in Tesco cafes across Glasgow.
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