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College lecturers back industrial action in protest over pay

Members of the EIS-Further Education Lecturers’ Association will take action short of a strike from early May.

Park authority members back appeal against Dartmoor wild camping rul...

Farmers Alexander and Diana Darwall brought the successful legal challenge against the DNPA, claiming some campers cause problems to livestock.

Yousaf under fire over 200 vacancies in child mental health services

The Scottish Conservatives urged the First Minister to ‘up his game’.

Driver of stolen car used in hit-and-run urged to hand themselves in

Paramedics attended and the pedestrian was pronounced dead at the scene.

Church caretaker’s police restraint death to be examined by jury

Thomas Orchard, 32, suffered a cardiac arrest after being held down, handcuffed and placed in restraints – with a webbing belt wrapped around his face

Members of Unison vote to accept pay offer in NHS dispute

The turnout was 52% among Unison’s 288,000 members in England.

Joe Biden shares laugh with priest as he tours Catholic pilgrimage s...

US president Joe Biden has toured a Catholic pilgrimage site as part of his final day of engagements in Ireland.

Ex-Premier League striker given driving ban after crashing Land Rove...

Danny Graham mounted the pavement and drove through the front of the Co-op Village Store

Biden ‘really buzzed up’ to be in Mayo, says local TD

Mayo TD Dara Calleary was among the dignitaries who met the US president at Ireland West Airport Knock after Air Force One touched down.

Nursing union to reveal pay ballot result as junior doctors call for...

The BMA union urged Steve Barclay to agree to pay negotiations facilitated by Acas.

Youth convicted of fatally stabbing boy aged 15 in park

Zaian Aimable-Lina was attacked in Ashburton Park in Croydon, south London, on December 30, 2021.

Healthcare systems need an ‘always on’ approach to pandemic-readines...

Sir John Bell told the inaugural Rhodes Policy Summit that starting from scratch would be very difficult.

US guardsman appears in court over leak of highly classified militar...

A judge ordered that Jack Teixeira must remain in jail at least until a detention hearing set for next Wednesday.

Police investigate after man spotted with seagull on a lead in Black...

The man was arrested for being drunk and disorderly and the bird was later put down.

Ukrainian forces resist ‘re-energised’ Russian assault on Bakhmut

Analysts said that seizing the city would have public relations and tactical military value for Moscow but was unlikely to prove decisive in the war.

Police renew appeal for help to trace missing pensioner

Stewart Downie, from Kirriemuir, had one arm in plaster when he was last seen on Thursday.

Rivers’ recovery slowing down in past five years, research suggests

A study of invertebrates found rivers to be improving in health since the early 1990s but they are now being held back because of pollution.

‘Savage’ parents convicted of baby’s murder after boy returned to th...

Ten-month-old Finley Boden died just 39 days after being returned to the care of Stephen Boden and Shannon Marsden.

Racegoers brave downpours for Aintree’s Ladies Day

Umbrellas were hastily added to outfits for the second day of the Randox Grand National Festival.

Dog owners warned farmers can legally shoot pets if they threaten li...

It comes after a 73-year-old man was charged with sheep-worrying following an incident in Keith, Moray.