King and Queen to meet Pope Leo on state visit to the Holy See The King and Queen will have a first meeting with the Pope during a state visit to Vatican City next month. Buckingham Palace said the couple will join Leo XIV, elected earlier this year following the death of Pope Francis, in
Education unions join calls for two-child benefit limit to be scrapped Education unions have warned that poverty continues to “rip through our communities and schools” as they added to growing calls for the Government to ditch the two-child limit. The unions, school governors and head teachers echoed other campaigners in branding the policy “cruel” and
Nursery worker jailed after abusing 21 babies in ‘sadistic’ campaign A nursery worker who abused 21 babies has been jailed for eight years as parents of her victims condemned her “sickening” crimes and branded her the “worst kind of human”. Roksana Lecka, from Hounslow, west London, admitted seven counts of cruelty to a person under
Netanyahu says Israel ‘must finish the job’ against Hamas in Gaza Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu told fellow world leaders at the United Nations that his country “must finish the job” against Hamas in Gaza, giving a defiant speech despite growing international isolation over his refusal to end the devastating war in Gaza. Mr Netanyahu
Tories set out plan to cut red tape and end ‘woke’ practices The Scottish Conservatives have laid out a plan to cut red tape and end “woke” practices in Scotland’s business agencies. In a further attempt to head off the surging Reform UK in Scotland, the Tories have taken aim at government regulation in a
Low-income white children already disengaged before secondary school White children from low-income backgrounds are already the most likely to be disengaged when they start secondary school, a study has found. Low-income white children (LIWC) already score the lowest for self-reported interest in lessons and school enjoyment when they arrive in year 7, and these scores
Chris Robshaw says Strictly Come Dancing is out of his ‘comfort zone’ Former England rugby captain Chris Robshaw has said Strictly Come Dancing is “completely” out of his “comfort zone”. The former rugby player, 39, who retired in 2022, has been paired with professional dancer Nadiya Bychkova for the 23rd series of the hit BBC
Barack Obama accepts Freedom of the City of Dublin ‘with deep humility’ Barack Obama was presented with the Freedom of the City of Dublin at a clandestine ceremony in the Irish capital. The former US president said in a statement that he accepted the honour with “deep humility”. The Irish capital’s highest civic honour is
Taxi driver saw ‘stampede’ of children fleeing Southport attack, inquiry hears The taxi driver who took Axel Rudakubana to the Southport attack has said he drove away despite seeing screaming children running “like a stampede for their lives” because he thought he heard gunshots. Gary Poland, a driver for One Call Taxis, did not call
Jaguar Land Rover brings some IT systems online in ‘phased restart’ after attack Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has said parts of its IT systems are back online amid a “phased restart” of its operations as it continues to recover from a damaging cyber attack. The British carmaker has been forced to suspend production at its