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Sunak insists he will take responsible approach to public pay deals

Sunak insists he will take responsible approach to public pay deals

Sunak insists he will take responsible approach to public pay deals

11 July 2023

Rishi Sunak said the Government had to live within its means and any pay award had to be affordable.


G7 allies set to announce security package for Ukraine at Vilnius Nato summit

G7 allies set to announce security package for Ukraine at Vilnius Nato summit

G7 allies set to announce security package for Ukraine at Vilnius Nato summit

11 July 2023

The announcement comes after Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky voiced his frustration that Nato has not offered a timeframe for Kyiv to join.


Tory MP: Vorderman tweet about minister not having degree unforgivable

Tory MP: Vorderman tweet about minister not having degree unforgivable

Tory MP: Vorderman tweet about minister not having degree unforgivable

11 July 2023

Conservative MP Siobhan Baillie criticised the former Countdown star in the House of Commons


Residents told to close windows amid fire at Baldock industrial estate

Residents told to close windows amid fire at Baldock industrial estate

Residents told to close windows amid fire at Baldock industrial estate

11 July 2023

One resident spoke of the ‘acrid smells’ of burning tyres before being told to stay indoors by police


Senior Tory MPs rebel on Illegal Migration Bill votes as further concessions urged

Senior Tory MPs rebel on Illegal Migration Bill votes as further concessions urged

Senior Tory MPs rebel on Illegal Migration Bill votes as further concessions urged

11 July 2023

MPs spent more than three-and-a-half hours holding 18 votes in the Commons that saw several amendments made by the House of Lords overturned.


Claims BBC presenter facing explicit photos allegations ‘broke lockdown rules’

Claims BBC presenter facing explicit photos allegations ‘broke lockdown rules’

Claims BBC presenter facing explicit photos allegations ‘broke lockdown rules’

11 July 2023

The Sun reported a 23-year-old person said the suspended BBC presenter came to their flat in February 2021 during lockdown restrictions.


Teenager charged with attempted wounding after teacher stabbed

Teenager charged with attempted wounding after teacher stabbed

Teenager charged with attempted wounding after teacher stabbed

11 July 2023

Maths teacher Jamie Sansom was attacked at Tewkesbury Academy in Gloucestershire just after 9am on Monday.


Image of Sinn Fein vice president Michelle O’Neill placed on loyalist bonfire

Image of Sinn Fein vice president Michelle O’Neill placed on loyalist bonfire

Image of Sinn Fein vice president Michelle O’Neill placed on loyalist bonfire

11 July 2023

The picture was on a bonfire in the Eastvale area of Dungannon, Co Tyrone on Tuesday evening.


Teacher stabbed at school hopes to be back in classroom ‘before summer break’

Teacher stabbed at school hopes to be back in classroom ‘before summer break’

Teacher stabbed at school hopes to be back in classroom ‘before summer break’

11 July 2023

A teenage boy is being questioned on suspicion of attempted murder after Jamie Sansom was attacked at Tewkesbury Academy in Gloucestershire.


BBC presenter allegations: A timeline of key events

BBC presenter allegations: A timeline of key events

BBC presenter allegations: A timeline of key events

11 July 2023

The young person at the centre of the controversy has said nothing inappropriate or unlawful happened.


Ryanair resigns from ‘talking shop’ UK Aviation Council

Ryanair resigns from ‘talking shop’ UK Aviation Council

Ryanair resigns from ‘talking shop’ UK Aviation Council

11 July 2023

The council was set up to bring industry and Government together to help the UK retain its spot as one of the world’s strongest aviation sectors.


Elina Svitolina will celebrate win with a beer, but not a Harry Styles concert

Elina Svitolina will celebrate win with a beer, but not a Harry Styles concert

Elina Svitolina will celebrate win with a beer, but not a Harry Styles concert

11 July 2023

The unseeded Ukrainian beat world number one Iga Swiatek to reach the Wimbledon semi-finals on Tuesday.


Ofsted denies that manner of its inspection contributed to Ruth Perry’s death

Ofsted denies that manner of its inspection contributed to Ruth Perry’s death

Ofsted denies that manner of its inspection contributed to Ruth Perry’s death

11 July 2023

The headteacher took her own life in January after an Ofsted report downgraded her school’s rating to inadequate.


Presenter row: BBC ‘tried to contact family twice after complaint’

Presenter row: BBC ‘tried to contact family twice after complaint’

Presenter row: BBC ‘tried to contact family twice after complaint’

11 July 2023

The corporation said a family member first went to a BBC building on May 18.


UK watchdog halts legal battle with Microsoft over £55bn Activision takeover

UK watchdog halts legal battle with Microsoft over £55bn Activision takeover

UK watchdog halts legal battle with Microsoft over £55bn Activision takeover

11 July 2023

It comes shortly after a US judge handed Microsoft a victory saying it would not stop the impending 69 billion US dollar deal.


Ukraine still has conditions to meet before it can join Nato, leaders say

Ukraine still has conditions to meet before it can join Nato, leaders say

Ukraine still has conditions to meet before it can join Nato, leaders say

11 July 2023

Volodymyr Zelensky said the delay was providing Russia with the ‘motivation to continue its terror’.


Babies could be put at risk due to ‘skin colour tests’ – report

Babies could be put at risk due to ‘skin colour tests’ – report

Babies could be put at risk due to ‘skin colour tests’ – report

11 July 2023

Current tests are decades old and ‘mainly based on white European babies’.


Scottish Green ministers accused of hypocrisy over use of chauffeur-driven cars

Scottish Green ministers accused of hypocrisy over use of chauffeur-driven cars

Scottish Green ministers accused of hypocrisy over use of chauffeur-driven cars

11 July 2023

Labour peer Lord Foulkes of Cumnock has accused Patrick Harvie and Lorna Slater of being hypocrites.


UK Government not increasingly overruling Holyrood – Lord Offord

UK Government not increasingly overruling Holyrood – Lord Offord

UK Government not increasingly overruling Holyrood – Lord Offord

11 July 2023

The Scotland Office minister said there is nothing to suggest the UK’s DRS will be delayed.


Victim shot and attacked with acid after ‘one-night stand’, court hears

Victim shot and attacked with acid after ‘one-night stand’, court hears

Victim shot and attacked with acid after ‘one-night stand’, court hears

11 July 2023

Michael Hillier and Rachel Fulstow deny the murder of Liam Smith last November.


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