Updated 19:05 6 Dec 2024 GMTPublished 18:54 6 Dec 2024 GMT breaking The UK government have sent out an urgent message of warning as Storm Darragh hits the country The government has sent out an emergency alert to phones all over the UK tonight as the weather worsens, with Storm Darragh causing high winds and…
Local government workers have voted to accept a revised offer from council employers after strike action earlier in the autumn, Unison has said. The union said the deal paves the way for talks for 2025/26 on wage rises to a minimum pay rate of £15 an hour, a reduced working week and council finances. The…
Public satisfaction with how often potholes are seen locally is no better than 10% in more than a third of English council areas, according to new research. The AA described the figures as “dismal” and called for an end to the “vicious cycle” of potholes being patched up only to reappear. It analysed the latest…
Ukraine’s former military chief has claimed that “World War Three has already begun”, with China, Iran, and North Korea now “standing openly beside Putin”. Valery Zaluzhny, the ex-commander-in-chief who was sacked by Volodymyr Zelensky, said that the involvement of Russia’s allies means the conflict is now on a global scale. “I believe that in 2024…
A man cycling the length of Wales in a handbike to raise funds for a local 12-year-old boy who has been diagnosed with cancer has said he is “looking forward to getting to the finish line”. Darren Williams, 37, suffered a life-changing spinal injury after a road accident in 2014 and has since learned to…
A hunky Vladimir Putin poses alongside China’s Xi Jinping in the latest edition of Russia’s FSB security service annual calendar. The FSB calendars have become something of a staple over the years, often producing artwork that triggers wry laughs and mockery in equal measure. The 2025 edition is, just as it was in 2023 and…
A British businessman has been charged with murder in Hong Kong after an Indonesian housekeeper was found dead at the bottom of a waterfall. The 34-year-old, who has not been named, was arrested with his wife at a train station on Tuesday as they returned from mainland China. According to police, he went to Waterfall…
Local services to “get Britain working” will get a £240 million funding boost in the Budget, the Prime Minister has said. The Government will seek to “tackle the root causes of economic inactivity”, Sir Keir Starmer said in a speech ahead of Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ first financial statement on Wednesday. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer…
Sir Keir Starmer has said the Chancellor will announce £240 million in funding for local services to help get people back to work at this week’s Budget. Rachel Reeves will deliver her first Budget on Wednesday, as the Government tries to bridge what it has called the £22 billion “black hole” in the public finances….
Journalism is the “lifeblood of democracy” and publishers should have control over and seek payment for their work as AI (artificial intelligence) technology continues to transform the economy and way of life, the Prime Minister said. In an article marking the launch of the News Media Association’s Journalism Matters campaign, Sir Keir Starmer said news…