Month: December 2024

A union leader has called for 2025 to be a “year of delivery” for workers after 14 years of “Tory chaos”. TUC general secretary Paul Nowak said in his new year message that working people desperately needed “tangible change”. He said: “Repairing and rebuilding Britain after 14 years of Tory chaos and decline is a massive challenge for the Government, but 2025 has to be a year of delivery. “Continuing […]

Passengers at some of the country’s busiest airports are facing disruption due to foggy weather. Much of the UK has been shrouded in mist in recent days and the weather is having an impact as airports return to their normal flight schedules after Christmas. Travellers are being urged to check with their airline as air traffic restrictions are in place at several UK airports due to fog, the country’s main air […]

Bukayo Saka is likely to be sidelined until at least March following surgery on his hamstring, Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta has revealed. Arsenal moved back up to second in the Premier League table with a 1-0 victory over Ipswich at the Emirates – their first fixture without Saka after the England winger tore his right hamstring in a 5-1 win against Crystal Palace last weekend. Prior to Friday’s fixture, Arteta […]

Four out of five drivers are frustrated that a Government-backed code of practice for private parking companies is still not in force five years after becoming law, a new survey suggests. Some 84% of motorists surveyed for the RAC agreed with the statement that the failure to introduce the code “is not right”. The code – due to come into force across Britain by the end of 2023 – included […]

The Scottish Government has been urged to take action after statistics showed there were more than 250 assaults on prison staff on average each year over the last decade. A freedom of information (FOI) request by the Scottish Conservatives showed there had been 2,562 prisoner-on-staff attacks in the last 10 years. Liam Kerr, the party’s justice spokesman at Holyrood, said the figures showed ministers have “let violence against prison staff […]

Thousands of motorists have been caught drug-driving at least four times, sparking calls for ministers to consider introducing rehabilitation courses for offenders. A total of 33,020 British drivers were convicted of the offence multiple times in the 11 years to July 20 2024, official figures obtained by the PA news agency reveal. During that period, 3,431 were caught on four or more occasions, including 54 who were prosecuted at least […]

The UK is to increase efforts to help train Ukrainian soldiers to manage the stresses of combat. The Ministry of Defence said it expects the Combat Stress Signposting Course (CSSC), delivered by British Army specialists, to be undertaken by 180 Ukrainian commanders in 2025 compared with 100 in 2024. The combat mental resilience practitioners, officially known as control stress operators, will have responsibility to help their soldiers on the front […]

A 49-year-old man has been charged with two counts of murder after two women died in a suspected stabbing in Milton Keynes on Christmas Day. Jazwell Brown, of Santa Cruz Avenue, Bletchley, has also been charged with two counts of attempted murder and one count each of possession of a knife in a public place and causing unnecessary suffering to a protected animal in connection with the incident, Thames Valley […]

Nigel Farage said he is weighing up what action to take if the Conservatives do not apologise for accusing Reform UK of “fakery” over its membership numbers. The Reform UK leader pushed back against reports suggesting that legal action would be the next step, saying he would make a decision in the next couple of days about his response if there is no apology for the “crazy conspiracy theory”. Mr […]