A second referendum on independence for Scotland is off the cards for now, following a decision by the UK supreme court that the Scottish government could not call a vote without the cooperation of the UK government. First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has nevertheless vowed to continue pursuing an independence agenda.Continue Reading
Gardaí have launched investigations into two deaths, which are possibly linked, in Co Monaghan. The body of one of the dead men was discovered in a house close to Castleblayney. A second man was killed in a road traffic crash close by. Garda sources told The Irish Times separate inquiriesContinue Reading
If there was a single trigger for the “white paper” uprising that has been sweeping China over the past few days, it was events in Ürümchi, the capital of Xinjiang province. Xinjiang’s lockdown has been the most severe in China, with many residents unable to leave their homes for nearlyContinue Reading
A recent football match between Hungary and Greece – two countries that didn’t even qualify for the World Cup – would have been quickly forgotten were it not for the sartorial choices made by one of the spectators. Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán was in attendance, sporting a scarf withContinue Reading
THE Sun today launches our Christmas appeal – and calls on YOU, our army of generous readers, to help out. We are asking if you could give the gift of volunteering with our Helping Hands at Christmas campaign. Olivia West Strictly Come Dancing head judge Shirley Ballas met Royal VoluntaryContinue Reading
V ictoria Beckham has remembered her “fondest” fashion memories wearing matching Gucci to a Versace event with husband David and the Spice Girls’ big hair and short skirts. The fashion designer, who founded her self-titled fashion label in 2008, told British Vogue’s editor-in-chief Edward Enninful about bursting onto the popContinue Reading
In the wake of the Black Lives Matter movement, there has been a heightened awareness of ethnic inequality in the UK. Despite some recent studies on housing conditions in the context of the pandemic, little attention has been paid to how racial inequality and homelessness intersect. Even before the currentContinue Reading
Undrey/Shutterstock With Christmas just a month away, the good news is that COVID cases in the UK have been falling, and are now at the lowest we’ve seen them for some time. Meanwhile, the number of new flu infections remains stable. And people in their 20s and 30s have someContinue Reading
FOOTBALL fans are outraged after Call of Duty unveiled a new Lionel Messi character. The Argentina star is the latest footballer to be introduced on the video game as part of a World Cup crossover. 3 Fans are upset with Lionel Messi’s Call of Duty characterCredit: Twitter / @CallofDuty 3Continue Reading
BradleyStearn/Shutterstock For the first time its 106-year history, the Royal College of Nursing (RCN), the UK’s largest nursing union, has voted to take strike action. Nurses in the UK have been on strike before and achieved change, but the scale of this strike is extraordinary. This dispute, like many formsContinue Reading
