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As the Duke of Sussex’s trial against the publisher of the Daily Mail is set to get underway at the High Court in London today, here are some of the key questions: – What is the case about? A group of seven household names allege that Associated Newspapers Limited (ANL), which publishes the Daily Mail, carried out or commissioned unlawful activities such as hiring private investigators to place listening devices […]

Sir Keir Starmer urged the whole country to unite in the face of Donald Trump’s threats to invade Greenland and slap tariffs on the UK and other European allies. The Prime Minister said the dispute over Greenland, which Mr Trump wants to take over because of its strategic Arctic location and mineral wealth, should be resolved through “calm discussion between allies” rather than military action or a trade war. He […]

Pharmacists are demanding millions of pounds in compensation following an NHS error which saw patients booking Covid vaccinations only to find they were no longer eligible. Pharmacists in England said they suffered issues and were abused by some patients who turned up for a vaccine after booking it via the NHS online booking system. Patients themselves also reported being sent text messages from the NHS and their GP inviting them […]

Construction work has been completed on HS2’s longest tunnel, including extensions designed to prevent sonic booms. HS2 Ltd said it will take just three minutes for trains travelling at 200mph to traverse the 10-mile long Chiltern tunnel under the Chiltern Hills. Sonic booms can be caused by high-speed trains forcing air forwards when they enter a tunnel, creating pulses of energy that emerge at the other end as a loud […]

The Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union said 50,000 of its members at the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) will be balloted in the coming weeks on whether to launch a campaign of industrial action. The union members work in Jobcentres, universal credit service centres, personal independence payment centres, pension centres and child maintenance offices. The PCS said there are 25,000 workers in the lowest three pay grades whose […]