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TV presenter Clare Balding has said she is “delighted” to announce her debut novel Pastures New. The 54-year-old’s book will tell the story of Alex, a journalist who has “perfected the art of dodging ...
The Commission said TikTok does not provide necessary information about the content of ads, the users targeted, and who pays for them.
A former Coronation Street actress has accused BBC Scotland bosses of “throwing people out to the wolves” with plans to axe River City. Lynda Rooke, who also starred in dramas Casualty and The Bill, ...
Pullman Car No 246 ‘Lydia’ was used during crucial wartime strategy meetings ahead of D-Day and later during Churchill’s state funeral in 1965.
Armed officers were called to Huyton, Merseyside on Wednesday following a report that a man in his 20s and woman in her 50s had been stabbed.
Members of the Unite trade union working in the NHS have voted to accept an 8% pay increase over the next two years. The deal will see a 4.25% rise this year and a 3.75% uplift next year for staff, ...
United Utilities raised bills by average of £86 for a typical household in April, which it says will help pay for upgrades to its pipes and sewers.
It’s clear we need to do more to improve the resilience of our transport energy infrastructure,’ Paul Kohler MP warned.
The chair of the Royal College of GPs also told the BBC this week that doctors have “real concerns about the practical and legal implications of a change in the law on assisted dying”, which she said ...
A veteran broadcast journalist has been appointed head of news and current affairs at BBC Scotland. Howard Simpson, who has almost two decades of experience, will take over from Gary Smith who is ...
The report recommended that Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke, who at 22 is New Zealand’s youngest politician, be suspended from parliament for seven days. The co-leaders of her political party, Rawiri ...
For the second time this month, Sir Lindsay Hoyle berated ministers in the chamber for making policy announcements to the media.