N HS services are braced for “exceptionally low” staffing as nurses begin a 28-hour strike over pay. The strike, ending just before midnight on Monday, comes after a High Court judge ruled it would be unlawful for the industrial action to continue into Tuesday as originally planned. RCN general secretaryContinue Reading
TDs across the political spectrum have criticised a statement from the Russian ambassador issued in response to the death of an Irishman fighting in Ukraine. But despite the Irish Government stating that its support for Ukraine was “unwavering”, and that Russian disinformation would have “no impact” on this, it saidContinue Reading
L iz Truss is contesting a Government bill relating to her use of the grace-and-favour country house she had access to as foreign secretary. The former prime minister has been asked to pay about £12,000 for costs incurred while she spent time at the Chevening estate, the Mail on SundayContinue Reading
Firefox gets a needed tune-up, SolarWinds squashes two high-severity bugs, Oracle patches 433 vulnerabilities, and more updates you should make now.Continue Reading
F lorida governor and US presidential hopeful Ron DeSantis has hailed Business Secretary Kemi Badenoch for her efforts to make sure “woke ideology” is not “corrupting British society”. The Florida governor met with Ms Badenoch, as well as Foreign Secretary James Cleverly, during a trip to Britain as he seeksContinue Reading
T he final UK evacuation flight from Sudan departed from the Wadi Saeedna airfield near Khartoum at 10pm local time on Saturday, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) said. A statement on the Government’s foreign travel advice for Sudan website said: “The UK Government is no longer running evacuationContinue Reading
N HS organisations across the country are braced for significant disruption as nurses prepare to stage a 28-hour strike over pay. The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) will hold industrial action from 8pm on Sunday until 11.59pm on Monday night after voting to reject the latest Government offer. The unionContinue Reading
T he Government has agreed to include NHS doctors without UK passports on the last flights out of Sudan, amid criticism over the scope of its eligibility criteria for evacuation. Ministers answered calls to widen the remit, which had been limited to British nationals and their immediate family, after aContinue Reading
S cotland’s First Minister has said he “definitely” attended a meeting about a man on death row in Pakistan the day of Scotland’s same-sex marriage vote after a newspaper suggested there was no record of it. During the SNP leadership contest earlier this year Mr Yousaf said he missed theContinue Reading
S chool leaders will debate whether Government guidance on teaching relationships, sex and health education should be changed to be “more inclusive” for pupils exploring their gender identity. Some schools are being put off from talking about gender identity with pupils as the Department for Education (DfE) guidance on theContinue Reading
