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Unite members voted 87% in favour of a 24-hour strike later this month, followed by two 48-hour strikes in February.

The support is less generous than what had come before.

A meeting of the Scottish Negotiating Committee for Teachers took place on Monday in an attempt to avert the strikes.

Sir Edward Leigh urged ministers to address the multiple problems facing the health service.

According to the Government, a pub that was getting £3,100 of support per month from September to March will now only get £190 per month

The payments will be given to eligible staff in June after an ‘extraordinary and difficult period’ for the broadcaster.

He represented the former Leicestershire constituency of Blaby in the Commons from 1974 until he joined the House of Lords in 1992.

The Fawcett Society said ‘toxic’ Westminster culture risks driving women out of politics.

Steve Barclay told the Commons: “I and the Government regret the experience for some patients and staff.”

Ministers and unions from the health, education and transport sectors held talks in Westminster.

Derek Dragsnes manufactured the drug etizolam at an industrial unit in North Lanarkshire.

Police believe it is one of the first cases of its kind in the UK.

Shadow culture secretary Lucy Powell criticised the Government for the “total waste of time and money” in examining a potential sale.

Ukrainian police said Andrew Bagshaw and Christopher Perry were last seen on Friday heading to the town of Soledar in the eastern Donetsk region.

Huw Pill said in a speech on monetary policy that Britain is probably in a recession.

The NSPCC’s Listen Up, Speak Up campaign will give people practical information on steps they can take to keep a child safe if they have concerns.

A meeting between education unions and the Government has been described as ‘largely unsatisfactory’

The two sides reached agreement on data sharing and EU access to UK IT systems.

No further strikes have been announced but there is little sign of the deadlock being broken soon.

Ibnu Rizwan, 29, was driving at some 30mph on the 20mph Minories road when he hit David Joseph Evans, 32, early on August 8 2021.