Impending strike action by local government workers in Scotland could be averted after “additional funding” was found, ministers have said. Speaking ahead of a meeting with council leaders on Friday, Finance and Local Government Secretary Shona Robison said the “enhanced envelope” of funding would enable local government body Cosla toContinue Reading
A further baby has died from whooping cough, bringing the death toll to ten in just seven months. Officials at the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) have urged pregnant women to get vaccinated after cases of whooping cough hit 10,493 in June. Between December and June, ten babies under threeContinue Reading
A new Labour MP has been accused of racism over a series of recently unearthed offensive tweets. Lauren Edwards, the MP for Rochester and Strood, made comments about Estonians, Parliament’s cleaners and a halal restaurant, in the now-deleted posts. She has since apologised and said she “deeply regrets” the tweets.Continue Reading
Nigel Farage has doubled down on his much-criticised claims about the Southport stabbings, as new polling shows the Reform UK leader’s popularity has plummeted. Following the killings of three girls last week, Mr Farage claimed “the truth was being withheld” about the suspect and has gone on to allege theContinue Reading
ScotRail workers and staff on the Caledonian Sleeper have voted in favour of a walk-out in an ongoing dispute over pay, the RMT union has said. Union members at the two publicly-owned rail operators were separately balloted for strike action following a pay offer that was described by the unionContinue Reading
London’s top markets finished lower despite clawing back ground during a stronger afternoon trading session. Stocks in the City were firmly lower early on after fears grew once again that the US could enter a recession. However, the markets recovered ground after lower than expected jobless claims in the USContinue Reading
This isn't the first study to show certain types of cancer (such as breast cancer) are on the rise in younger generations. Gorodenkoff/ Shutterstock A worrying new study by the American Cancer Society has revealed that generation X and millennials are at more risk of developing many types of cancerContinue Reading
Taiwan’s Lin Yu-ting has hit out at the International Boxing Association for their ‘ridiculous’ attempts to ban her from competition after securing an Olympic bronze medal. The boxer has been at the centre of a gender row in Paris over a previously undisclosed gender test, facing false claims that sheContinue Reading
The UK’s competition watchdog has confirmed it is launching a merger inquiry into Amazon’s partnership with AI firm Anthropic. The tech giant has invested four billion US dollars (£3.1 billion) into the US AI firm. On Thursday, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said it has “sufficient information” to beginContinue Reading
For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails How does one describe Piers Morgan’s interview with Andrew Tate? The former News of the World editor welcomed the popular right-wing influencer andContinue Reading
