T he deadline for the removal of UK Government conditions on Scotland’s deposit return scheme (DRS) is due to expire on Monday with the scheme potentially being scrapped if ministers do not back down. Scotland’s First Minister set the timeline in a letter to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Saturday,Continue Reading
U krainian military chaplains have completed training with the British Army before heading back to the war-ravaged country to give frontline troops a “spiritual umbrella”. The two-week programme run by the Royal Army Chaplains’ Department (RAChD) saw an initial group of 10 Ukrainians train at a camp in south-west England.Continue Reading
Poorer maternity care may be one explanation. zulufoto/ Shutterstock Black women are four times more likely to die while pregnant or just after childbirth than white women, according to the latest figures published by Mbrrace – a national programme which surveys and investigates the causes of maternal deaths and infantContinue Reading
vasekk/Shutterstock Fruit flies can be truly annoying when they are buzzing around your living room or landing in your wine. But we have much to thank these tiny nuisances for – they revolutionised biological and medical science. Flies and mosquitoes both belong to Diptera, the group of insects that haveContinue Reading
R ishi Sunak will speak out about his pledge to end small boat Channel crossings and tackle the asylum backlog as he comes under pressure over Conservative migration pledges. In a speech in Kent on Monday, the Prime Minister will give an update on the progress made in the six months sinceContinue Reading
A mother who is taking legal proceedings against Gemma O’Doherty over the use of an image of her deceased son has launched a GoFundMe page to help fund the action. Edel Campbell launched High Court proceeding against Ms O’Doherty after an image of her son, Diego Gilsenan, was used inContinue Reading
B oris Johnson will not be restricted over what he can tell the Covid Inquiry despite being warned that he could lose public funding for legal advice if he tries to “frustrate or undermine” the Government’s position, a senior minister has said. Robert Jenrick also insisted it would not beContinue Reading
A man who was wanted for trial in the Republic of Ireland in relation to an assault in Fermoy, County Cork, has been arrested by the Police Service of Northern Ireland. The 36-year-old was detained under an international warrant by local response officers in north Belfast on Saturday evening. HeContinue Reading
G MB union general secretary Gary Smith said Labour’s policies “are going to create a cliff edge with oil and gas extraction from the North Sea”. Speaking on Sky News on Sunday morning after shadow business secretary Jonathan Reynolds defended plans to ban oil and gas production, Mr Smith described LabourContinue Reading
M ore than 2,600 NHS staff in Scotland have been forced to take time off due to long Covid, new figures show. Freedom of information requests by the Scottish Liberal Democrats revealed at least 2,603 doctors, nurses and midwives were recorded as having taken time off due to long Covid,Continue Reading
