During Thursday, some 117 protesters were arrested outside Westminster Magistrates’ Court, with the Metropolitan Police saying the majority of arrests were for expressing support for the group. Scores of protesters had turned up there because they had expected to appear in court accused of allegedly showing support for the group at earlier public events. However,…
The bloc’s crisis management chief calls for more investment and plans to be accelerated as an ominous heatwave looms. Published On 29 Jul 202629 Jul 2026 The European Union’s crisis management commissioner says the bloc needs to invest more in tackling climate change and accelerate its response, as France and Spain prepare for another crippling…
Aoísha O’Neill, 18, who is Pearse’s sister says establishing a dedicated Minister for Women’s Safety and Health at Stormont would bring together women’s issues “so they can be tackled in a more efficient way”. It would be similar to the Minister for Women and Equalities at Westminster, or the Deputy Minister for Social Care, Mental…
Nairobi — The Law Society of Kenya (LSK) has accused some judges and judicial officers of penalising advocates with case dismissals and adjournment fees despite the Society’s nationwide court boycott, warning that it will escalate targeted action against those it says interfered with lawyers’ constitutional rights. Speaking during a media briefing on Wednesday, LSK President…
As Keir Starmer found, it takes more than words alone to warm a tepid bath. Voters reserve the greatest punishment for the politicians they think acted too little, or too late, to prevent them getting poorer. For Andy Burnham, much will now depend on whether he has got the right ideas, and in John Healey…
Doctors on the island called off a planned walkout in January 2025 after a deal was reached covering two financial years from 2023-24. That saw the awarding of an 8% pay uplift for the first year, along with another 6% rise from April 2024 and a further 2% from February last year. The BMA said,…
Dr Steven Montgomery, BMA’s Northern Ireland resident doctors committee chair, said the “better pay and better working conditions on offer in other countries means we are losing doctors when we really need to do all we can to keep doctors working here”. He said the “growing patient numbers without the necessary number of doctors needed…
It was a crisp 54 degrees in Aberdeen, on the northeast coast of Scotland, last week when Kemi Badenoch, the leader of Britain’s Conservative Party, once again championed the country’s fossil fuel industry. “The war on oil and gas must end,” she insisted, prompting applause from supporters in the port city, a major hub for…
On Thursday, the Southern Trust said that 143 outpatient appointments had been rescheduled, as had 11 surgeries. The South Eastern Health Trust said Lagan Valley Hospital’s urgent care centre is closed because of the strike action. The Northern Trust said that five planned day procedures, 62 outpatient appointments and 64 radiology appointments had been rescheduled….
Bicester and Woodstock MP Calum Miller has also reiterated his request in parliament for residents to meet with the Environment and Health Secretaries. It comes weeks after Sir Keir Starmer said he would “make sure” that the “appropriate steps are taken” to tackle the contamination, in response to a question from Miller during PMQs. Sir…
