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Legacy Act has retraumatised Troubles victims, legal challenge hears

Legacy Act has retraumatised Troubles victims, legal challenge hears

Legacy Act has retraumatised Troubles victims, legal challenge hears

21 November 2023

Belfast High Court is hearing a legal challenge to the Government’s new laws to deal with the legacy of the NI Troubles.


Workers at Cammell Laird shipyard vote to strike

Workers at Cammell Laird shipyard vote to strike

Workers at Cammell Laird shipyard vote to strike

21 November 2023

Union members alleged they had been discriminated against and some made claims of bullying and harassment.


Charles and Camilla welcome South Korea’s leader as he begins state visit

Charles and Camilla welcome South Korea’s leader as he begins state visit

Charles and Camilla welcome South Korea’s leader as he begins state visit

21 November 2023

Alongside the ceremonial welcome, the UK and South Korea are to launch talks on a new trade deal and sign a diplomatic accord.


London Underground workers start voting on possible strike action

London Underground workers start voting on possible strike action

London Underground workers start voting on possible strike action

21 November 2023

Members of the RMT union are being balloted for industrial action in a dispute over pay.


Backbench splits complicate Chancellor’s job as he considers tax cuts

Backbench splits complicate Chancellor’s job as he considers tax cuts

Backbench splits complicate Chancellor’s job as he considers tax cuts

21 November 2023

Jeremy Hunt must balance fiscal responsibility, inflation and the need for investment with demands for a range of tax cuts from Tory MPs.


BBC to ‘rest’ Top Gear for ‘foreseeable future’ after Andrew Flintoff crash

BBC to ‘rest’ Top Gear for ‘foreseeable future’ after Andrew Flintoff crash

BBC to ‘rest’ Top Gear for ‘foreseeable future’ after Andrew Flintoff crash

21 November 2023

The UK version of the show has already been off-air for almost a year


Disclosure of Nicola Bulley’s health struggles was ‘unnecessary’ – police chiefs

Disclosure of Nicola Bulley’s health struggles was ‘unnecessary’ – police chiefs

Disclosure of Nicola Bulley’s health struggles was ‘unnecessary’ – police chiefs

21 November 2023

Lancashire Police was criticised over the way it made public details of missing Ms Bulley’s medical situation amid a media frenzy earlier this year.


Police hunting for missing boys find their car

Police hunting for missing boys find their car

Police hunting for missing boys find their car

21 November 2023

Jevon Hirst, Harvey Owen, Wilf Henderson and Hugo Morris are thought to have been travelling in the Harlech and Porthmadog areas of Gwynedd.


Action against Covid-19 was taken too late, Whitty tells pandemic inquiry

Action against Covid-19 was taken too late, Whitty tells pandemic inquiry

Action against Covid-19 was taken too late, Whitty tells pandemic inquiry

21 November 2023

England’s chief medical officer said the risks of going into lockdown too early or too late had to be balanced.


Ex-Tory MP and property developer acquitted after month-long party funding trial

Ex-Tory MP and property developer acquitted after month-long party funding trial

Ex-Tory MP and property developer acquitted after month-long party funding trial

21 November 2023

Former Northampton South MP David Mackintosh and businessman Howard Grossman were cleared of any wrongdoing in relation to political donations.


Deliveroo riders are not employees, Supreme Court rules

Deliveroo riders are not employees, Supreme Court rules

Deliveroo riders are not employees, Supreme Court rules

21 November 2023

The Independent Workers Union of Great Britain lost the latest round of its legal fight to represent delivery riders in London.


Rishi Sunak hits back at UN criticism of long sentences for climate protesters

Rishi Sunak hits back at UN criticism of long sentences for climate protesters

Rishi Sunak hits back at UN criticism of long sentences for climate protesters

21 November 2023

The Prime Minister said it was ‘entirely right that selfish protesters’ are handed ‘tough sentences’.


Pensions shake-up could give employees option to pick ‘pot for life’ – reports

Pensions shake-up could give employees option to pick ‘pot for life’ – reports

Pensions shake-up could give employees option to pick ‘pot for life’ – reports

21 November 2023

Plans which could enable workers to nominate a scheme they want to pay into are expected to be unveiled in the autumn statement.


Shapps rejects new Argentinian president’s calls for Falkland handover talks

Shapps rejects new Argentinian president’s calls for Falkland handover talks

Shapps rejects new Argentinian president’s calls for Falkland handover talks

21 November 2023

Javier Milei reportedly said during his presidential campaign that Argentina had ‘non-negotiable’ sovereignty over the Falklands.


Historic home of Craster kippers given listed status

Historic home of Craster kippers given listed status

Historic home of Craster kippers given listed status

21 November 2023

The traditional techniques for smoking fish are still in use at the 167-year-old premises in the Northumberland town.


Iceland brings back Festive Pie as consumers prepare for ‘cutback Christmas’

Iceland brings back Festive Pie as consumers prepare for ‘cutback Christmas’

Iceland brings back Festive Pie as consumers prepare for ‘cutback Christmas’

21 November 2023

Iceland last sold the pie – filled with an entire Christmas dinner – four years ago, but said it had brought it back this year ‘by popular demand’.


Government borrowing rises but still leaves Chancellor room for tax cuts

Government borrowing rises but still leaves Chancellor room for tax cuts

Government borrowing rises but still leaves Chancellor room for tax cuts

21 November 2023

The Office for National Statistics said public sector net borrowing stood at £14.9 billion in October – £4.4 billion more than a year earlier.


Employee data leaked during British Library cyber attack

Employee data leaked during British Library cyber attack

Employee data leaked during British Library cyber attack

21 November 2023

A ransomware group has said it is auctioning off access to the data files.


Thousands of lost property items unclaimed every week, TfL says

Thousands of lost property items unclaimed every week, TfL says

Thousands of lost property items unclaimed every week, TfL says

21 November 2023

The transport authority moved its lost property office from South Kensington to West Ham to accommodate the rising number of objects being stored.


Young offender institutions ‘more violent than adult jails’ – prisons inspector

Young offender institutions ‘more violent than adult jails’ – prisons inspector

Young offender institutions ‘more violent than adult jails’ – prisons inspector

21 November 2023

HM Inspectorate of Prisons published two new reports which it said ‘paint a bleak picture of youth custody in England and Wales’.


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