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Thousands of staff at aerospace firm Leonardo have walked out in a dispute over pay, on the first of a number of planned days of strike action. Hundreds of workers took to picket lines at the company’s site in Edinburgh, while similar scenes are understood to have taken place at the firm’s sites throughout Scotland and England. The walk-out came after workers rejected a 3.6% pay offer from the firm, […]

Baroness Helen Newlove, the victims’ commissioner for England and Wales, has died following a short illness, her office has said. The peer had twice served in the post having become a community campaigner and activist in the wake of the killing of her husband Garry outside his home after confronting vandals in 2007. She first served in the role for six years from March 2013 to May 2019 before being […]

The Metropolitan Police have revealed they will take “no further action” over chants at a Bob Vylan performance in London. An investigation was launched by police after footage emerged allegedly showing singer Bobby Vylan, real name Pascal Robinson-Foster, saying “death to the IDF (Israel Defence Forces)” at a performance supporting Lust For Life singer Iggy Pop, 78, at Alexandra Palace in May. In a video, Robinson-Foster also appears to say: […]

Strictly Come Dancing co-host Tess Daly has said being made a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) is the “greatest honour” of her career and one that she is dedicating to her late father. The 56-year-old, who was made an MBE in the King’s Birthday Honours for services to broadcasting, was accompanied by her husband Vernon Kay during an investiture ceremony at Windsor Castle on Wednesday. Last […]

The Health Secretary has made a last-minute plea to resident doctors to call off their strike, but said the NHS would “do everything we can to keep the show on the road”. Wes Streeting is urging members of the British Medical Association (BMA) to scrap their walkout, which is scheduled to last for five days from 7am on Friday, and said doctors have seen an average increase in pay of […]