PA Media By Philippa Roxby and Michelle Roberts BBC News Nurses in the Royal College of Nursing union have rejected the government’s pay offer in England and will now go on strike over the first May bank holiday. The 48-hour walkout from 20:00 BST on 30 April to 20:00 on 2 May will involve NHS
Month: April 2023
Facebook By David Willis & Alys Davies Los Angeles and London A US Air National Guardsman is to appear in court on Friday in Boston, Massachusetts, charged in connection with a leak of classified US military intelligence on the war in Ukraine. Jack Teixeira, 21, was arrested by the FBI at his family home in
By Noel Titheradge Investigative Reporter, BBC News A company which ran children’s homes where residents were systemically abused also failed to prevent adults being harmed, BBC News has learned. An investigation found 99 cases of abuse at a Doncaster home for vulnerable adults in 2010. One worker even ordered a Taser to use there. The
The UK economy saw no growth in February after expanding in January, official figures show. Falls in public sector services linked to strikes were offset by growth in the construction industry, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said. It follows a surprise 0.4% jump in economic growth in January. Commenting on February’s figures, ONS director
Reuters 12 April 2023, 16:07 BST Updated 16 minutes ago US President Joe Biden has started his three-day visit to the Republic of Ireland by meeting the country’s leader Leo Varadkar. He travelled from Northern Ireland on Air Force One, having spent a short time in Belfast to mark 25 years since the Good Friday
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Paul Adams & George Wright BBC News The presence of Western special forces in Ukraine has been the subject of quiet speculation for more than a year. But it’s never been confirmed, until now. The US
Getty Images By Faisal Islam & Noor Nanji BBC News The UK is set to be one of the worst performing major economies in the world this year, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). It says the UK economy’s performance in 2023 will be the worst among the 20 biggest economies, known as the
By Nick Triggle and Victoria Bourne BBC News A four-day junior doctors’ strike across England is expected to be the most disruptive in the NHS’s history. British Medical Association (BMA) members in planned and emergency care will walk out at 07:00 BST on Tuesday. More than a quarter of million of appointments and operations could
As a person who lives with incontinence, I used to be resigned to an embarrassing routine. Every time I needed new underwear, I’d head to my local drugstore and buy a box of Depend (I avoid Always because it’s too expensive). The drugstore employees can never answer my questions about the difference between the various
Dee family By Raffi Berg BBC News A British-Israeli woman who was wounded in a suspected Palestinian gun attack on Friday in which two of her daughters were killed has died. Lucy Dee, 45, had been in a coma since the attack in the occupied West Bank. Her daughters Rina, 15, and Maia, 20, were
Reuters By Ali Gordon BBC News NI Rishi Sunak has praised the “bravery, perseverance and political imagination” shown by the leaders who shaped Northern Ireland’s peace deal. The 1998 Good Friday Agreement ended Northern Ireland’s decades-long violent conflict known as the Troubles. But, on its 25th anniversary, the PM has called on local politicians to
EPA By Lucy Williamson and Marita Moloney In the West Bank and London The father of two British-Israeli sisters killed in a shooting in the occupied West Bank embraced their bodies while mourners sang songs of grief at their funeral on Sunday. Maia and Rina Dee, 20 and 15, were killed on Friday when their
Reuters By Michael Sheils McNamee BBC News The union representing junior doctors appears “intent on maintaining a militant stance” which “hampers serious talks over pay”, the health secretary has said. Writing in The Telegraph, Steve Barclay said pay demands by the British Medical Association (BMA) were “unrealistic”. The union is calling for a 35% pay
Reuters By Marita Moloney BBC News Ukraine is able to export electricity for the first time in six months as its energy infrastructure recovers from months of repeated Russian attacks. Russia began its lengthy and deliberate assault on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure last October. It led to power cuts and scheduled blackouts, leaving towns and cities
Reuters By Yolande Knell & Christy Cooney BBC News, in Jerusalem and London An Italian tourist has been killed and seven other people wounded in a suspected car ramming attack near a beach in Tel Aviv, Israeli medics say. Italy’s foreign minister said Israel had identified the man killed as Italian citizen Alessandro Parini. Footage
Getty Images By Ian Youngs Entertainment & arts reporter S Club 7 star Paul Cattermole has died at the age of 46, weeks after the band announced a comeback tour. “It is with great sadness that we announce the unexpected passing of our beloved son and brother Paul Cattermole,” a statement from his family and