Unison has recommended local government workers accept the deal, which amounts to a 4 rise this year and 3.5 next year.

The Bill is undergoing a second day of report stage on Friday, with various amendments being debated and possibly voted on.

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has warned that Israel should expect “severe punishment” in response, and it was reported on Friday morning that drones had been launched. The attack ...

A man has been charged with murdering a 13-month-old boy as well as serious sexual and child cruelty offences. Jamie Varley is accused of killing Preston Davey, who died in Blackpool in July 2023, the ...

The British survivor of the Air India plane crash has spoken of the horror of watching people “dying in front of my eyes”. Vishwash Kumar Ramesh told DD News “I still can’t believe how I survived” as ...

More than 20 police officers have been injured following overnight disorder in Portadown. Officers came under sustained attack with heavy masonry, fireworks and beer kegs in the Co Armagh town on ...

Several private schools, children who attend them and their parents brought legal action against the Treasury over the move.

Sir Geoff Palmer, one of Scotland’s best-known academics who was the country’s first black professor, has died at the age of 85. The professor was long associated with Heriot-Watt University in ...

BEN Curry can still remember the moment he understood what it meant to be on a full England tour. Aged just 18, he and twin brother Tom were bold selections from Eddie Jones eight years ago when ...

ENGLAND Rugby stars Abby Dow and Tatyana Heard have today called upon the nation to show its support of the Red Roses as they aim for World ...

The British survivor of the Air India plane crash has described how he “crawled out” of the wreckage. Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, 40, is believed to be the only survivor onboard the plane involved in ...