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A series of strikes by teachers is set to go ahead after talks failed to achieve a breakthrough in a dispute over pay. A series of strikes by teachers is set to go ahead after talks failed to achieve a breakthrough in a dispute over pay. Teaching union leaders spent six hours with officials at the Department for Education but the row remains unresolved. Mary Bousted, joint general secretary of the National […]

The Prime Minister has accepted a fine from police for failing to wear a seatbelt while filming a social media clip in the back of a moving car. Rishi Sunak was issued with a fixed penalty notice by Lancashire Constabulary after he was spotted not wearing his seatbelt in an Instagram video he filmed to promote levelling-up funding during a visit to Lancashire. Downing Street said Mr Sunak “fully accepts […]

He was reported missing in the Baldy Bowl area on Friday evening The phone belonging to British actor Julian Sands appears to show he was on the move heading into a mountainous area in southern California on the day he was reported missing. Sands, 65, was reported missing during a hiking trip in the Baldy Bowl area of the San Gabriel mountains on Friday, as searches by local authorities continue […]

That's according to the Recruitment and Employment Confederation Recruitment agencies have reported an increase in job adverts, especially for police officers, domestic workers and staff in the leisure industry. The number of adverts was 1.53 million in the first week of January, including 184,000 new ones, an increase of 1.5% on the previous week, said the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC). Job adverts went above 1.5 million in mid-December and […]

That's according to the property website, Zoopla Around one million homes across the UK have now had all the gains in value made during the coronavirus pandemic wiped out in recent months, according to calculations by a property website. Using its own valuation estimates, Zoopla looked at increases in property values since February 2022 and compared this with how prices have performed in the past six months, as the market […]

It follows a Home Office report Rape victims are having “significant” amounts of their personal records “unnecessarily requested” by police, causing delays in criminal investigations, according to a Home Office report. In some cases, records were being requested to “test” the credibility of victims, the Government response to a consultation suggested. The Home Office vowed to change the law in the wake of the findings to better protect victims from […]

Jacinda Ardern has announced her shock resignation as New Zealand Prime Minister, saying she “no longer has enough in the tank” to do the role justice. Ms Ardern on Thursday told reporters her last day would be no later than February 7. In an emotional speech at the New Zealand Labour party’s annual caucus meeting, the 42-year-old said it was “time” to step down. Ms Ardern said: “I’m leaving, because […]

Yems was handed a 15-month ban from football last week The Football Association is looking into the possibility of a legal challenge against the findings of its own independent panel, which conclude former Crawley manager John Yems was “not a conscious racist”. Yems was handed a 15-month ban after admitting to one charge and being found guilty of 11 others relating to comments that referenced either ethnic origin, colour, race, […]

One took place at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, the other in a public house in Islington Arsenal say two “disturbing” incidents of anti-semitism are being investigated following the north London derby against Tottenham. The Premier League club have announced one of the incidents took place at Sunday’s game, which Arsenal won 2-0 at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, and the other at a public house in Islington. An Arsenal statement said: […]