LAST ditch talks to avert a strike by up to 10,000 hospital staff next week will begin tomorrow. Siptu has accepted an invitation to exploratory talks at the Workplace Relations Commission to discuss a row over a job evaluation scheme. The union has served notice of a 24-hour strike at 38 hospitals and health care […]
A dispute between six siblings over their late mother’s will cannot proceed before the High Court because one of the parties, a Catholic Priest, has been charged with drug offences in the United States. New York-based Fr Michael O’Leary (aged 50) was arrested by New York police in the early hours of St Patrick’s Day, […]
TBILISI (THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION) – A spate of selfie-taking tourists at Chernobyl – one wearing little more than her underwear – in the wake of a hit TV series on the world’s worst nuclear disaster has sparked anger, with the show’s author urging more respect for the dead. The nuclear plant and the abandoned town […]
The families of two young British privates killed in the First World War have finally seen them laid to rest more than 100 years later. Private Henry Wallington and Private Frank Mead, of the 23rd (County of London) Battalion, were buried with full military honours – alongside an unidentified British soldier who served in the […]
DIY SOS host Nick Knowles asked a magistrate if he was allowed to drive home – despite being banned from the road moments earlier for speeding and using a mobile phone behind the wheel. The 56-year-old was fined almost £1,500 and given six points on his licence, which resulted in a driving ban as he […]
Probing questions about previous misdemeanours and the use of drugs have become an evergreen feature of the Conservative Party leadership race. But while candidates such as Michael Gove and Rory Stewart made revelatory comments about their historic dabblings in illegal substances – with cocaine and opium, respectively – Boris Johnson appeared to side-step the issue. […]
A dangerous prison inmate who went on an eight hour rampage needed 100 officers in full riot gear to take him down, shocking CCTV footage shows. John Onyenaychi, 38, was serving at least 25 years in HMP Full Sutton, Yorkshire, after trying to kill two police officers Ealing, West London in 2010. The 20-stone, 6ft […]
Eurocrats have claimed Britain’s economy could nosedive if the country leaves the EU without a deal on October 31. The European Commission papers was released moments before Mr Johnson delivered his pitch in London to replace Theresa May as prime minister. The Brussels-based executive insisted that Britain would be hit harder than the Continent if […]
Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor, the son of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry, was born on May 6. Not long after he was born, his parents started to plan their next diplomatic trip. According to ITV, this trip will be a royal tour of Africa, visiting Angola, Malawi and South Africa, with the Duke and Duchess focusing […]
The Tory leadership race is heating up and dominating headlines in both the UK and across the EU bloc. Multiple figures from the ten candidates have detailed their personal plans to approach to break the Brexit deadlock stopping the UK Parliament from passing a Brexit deal. But despite the likes of Andrea Leadsom and Jeremy […]