Musician Stormzy has said he is “extremely blessed and grateful” to receive an honorary degree from the University of Exeter.
LONDON (Reuters) -Strikes crippled Britain's rail network for the second day this week and staff at British Airways voted for a walkout on Thursday amid warnings the country was facing a summer of industrial discontent. A spike in the cost of food and fuel is pushing many household budgets to the brink, driving trade unions to demand higher pay increases for their members. Britain's rail network was brought close to a standstill when 40,000 workers went on strike following a similar walkout on Tuesday, as union leaders, train operating firms and the government faced off over demands for pay increases to keep pace with surging inflation and a promise not to cut jobs.
The new CEO at Southampton City Council is set to be paid between £160k and £191k a year, it has been revealed.
Stellantis has run a successful trial for an EV that can charge itself without having to stop.
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With votes still being counted, the Liberal Democrats claimed to have snatched the Devon seat held with a 24,000 majority by the Tories in 2019.
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Two metal detectorists who damaged a protected fort dating to the Iron Age have been sentenced to unpaid work in the community.
BUMBLE bees love foxgloves and indeed they are the plant's main pollinator. Looking out into my garden I can see three different shades of flowers and although several bees are foraging on all of them, they seem to have a preference for white.
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NEIL Mackay's brilliant piece ("Johnson's sinister attack on democracy threatens devolution", The Herald June 23) should be a wake-up call to all of us, including those Tories with any sense of honesty and decency.
Just one in five trains are running, and they are mostly restricted to main lines, with around half of the network closed.
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The death toll from Tuesday’s earthquake in Afghanistan’s Paktika Province had risen to more than 1,1000, a senior official told the Anadolu Agency on Thursday, June 23.Abdul Wahid Rayan, a senior Taliban official and director general of state-run Bakhtar News Agency, said at least 1,600 people had been wounded after the 5.9 magnitude earthquake hit a remote region in the east of the country. Tolo also reported the toll was around 1,100 people.Khalid Zadran, Kabul’s police spokesman, said the earthquake had destroyed over 2,500 homes in the Khost and Paktika provinces.Homes were destroyed across the Paktika districts of Gayan, Naki, Barmal, and Ziruk, and the Khost district of Spera, according to the country’s disaster management agency.This video posted by Abdul Wahid Rayan shows damaged building in Paktika province. Credit: Bakhtar News Agency via Storyful
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A driver received an "unwanted birthday gift" when he was arrested on his birthday after police received reports of a vehicle swerving across the M40.
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