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The Duke of Sussex is returning to the UK this week for the first time in five months, when he will show his support for BBC Children in Need and revisit a community recording studio in Nottingham. Harry, who is no longer a working royal, is set to carry out a run of engagements and make a substantial donation to the broadcaster’s charity to help support its work tackling violence […]

The Duke of Sussex is returning to the UK this week for the first time in five months, when he will show his support for BBC Children in Need and revisit a community recording studio in Nottingham. Harry, who is no longer a working royal, is set to carry out a run of engagements and make a substantial donation to the broadcaster’s charity to help support its work tackling violence […]

The TUC said the Government’s flagship workers’ rights bill will tackle Britain’s insecure work “epidemic”. The Employment Rights Bill, which is currently making its way through Parliament, will ban exploitative zero hours contracts by giving workers a right to a contract which reflects their regular hours. It will also give workers the right to compensation from cancelled shifts. On the opening day of the TUC Congress in Brighton, the union […]

Comedian Joel Dommett has described the National Television Awards (NTAs) as the “best night in talent” and said he cannot wait to meet the nominated stars of “unbelievable show” Adolescence. Dommett, who is returning to host the awards ceremony for the fifth year in a row, said the nominated shows are “all just huge”. He told the PA news agency: “It’s the best the shortlist has ever been since I’ve […]

Dozens of firefighters are battling a blaze at the old BBC Television Centre in London’s White City. The London Fire Brigade (LFB) said about 100 firefighters and 15 fire engines had been called to the nine-storey building on Wood Lane. Photos from the scene show crews at the Helios Building at the BBC’s former headquarters, which has since been converted into flats and a restaurant. The fire service said in […]

The health service could be hit by strikes in the autumn unless plans that could see thousands of workers transferred out of the NHS are halted, a union has warned. Unison told ministers there will be “no place to hide” if they do not clamp down on NHS trusts farming out support services to subsidiary companies. The union has tabled a motion on the issue to be debated at the […]

Working-age parents’ concerns about food costs have increased to levels not seen since autumn 2022, when inflation was in double figures, according to Which? Nearly nine in 10 (87%) working-age parents reported being concerned about food prices in the month to mid-August, a survey found. This was an increase of six percentage points since May and indicated working-age parents’ concerns about food prices returned to levels not seen since November […]

The Prince and Princess of Wales have paid a personal tribute to the Duchess of Kent, praising her for working “tirelessly to help others” and describing her as a “much missed member of the family”. The King, Queen and the royal family are in mourning for Katharine, the wife of the late Queen’s cousin the Duke of Kent, who died peacefully at home, surrounded by her close family, late on Thursday […]

Angela Rayner has resigned from Government after Sir Keir Starmer’s ethics adviser found she had breached the ministerial code over her underpayment of stamp duty on a seaside flat. Sir Laurie Magnus said the outgoing deputy prime minister had “acted with integrity”, but failed to “heed the caution” contained within legal advice she received when buying the £800,000 property in Hove. Her resignation marks a major blow for the Prime […]