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The Royal College of Nurses has rejected the latest offer from the Scottish Government.

An extra 45,000 children now have the option of a free school meal as part of a £260 million investment from the Welsh Government.

The First Minister also accused the Conservatives of trying to filibuster the legislation.

The musician, who had a number one album earlier this year, thanked his family and others close to him for their ‘continued support’.

Fares will rise from March 5 next year.

The Food Standards Agency reported that 81% of people felt concerned about the price of food when asked in November, a jump from 62% last year.

The necklace reflects the princess’s lifelong relationship with jeweller Garrard.

The Border Force strikes will take place every day from Friday to the end of the year, except December 27.

Eilidh Currie and her brother Cameron attended the event at Clarence House.

In a pre-recorded introduction to the TV broadcast, the duchess marked the first Christmas since the monarch’s death in September.

Many trusts said they were already under huge pressure before strikes by ambulance workers began on Wednesday.

One of the three people taken to hospital has since died, West Midlands Police said.

An average of 1,939 people with flu were in hospital each day last week, up 67% on 1,162 the previous week, according to NHS England.

Private Sean Rooney will be buried with full military honours this afternoon.

Luthfur Ahmed will provide 150 meals at the Bengal Brasserie in south Belfast for those in need.

The winter solstice is the day with the shortest period of daylight and longest night of the year.

This time last year the figure stood at one in 14.

Allison Kerr, 55, and Karen Owens, 58, were diagnosed with a genetic heart condition which had previously led to the death of their father.

Police were called to Soho Road in Handsworth at around 3.20am on Thursday.

The Government and unions should dial down the rhetoric and reach a deal to safeguard services, NHS chiefs said.