Politicians react to First Minister’s resignation
PA Media Mrs Foster served as first minister from January 2016 to January 2017 – when the NI Assembly collapsed – and again from January 2020. After she made her final speech in the role in the assembly as there were tributes from other NI politicians, as well as from further afield. Michelle O’Neill, Sinn […]
Nadine Dorries’ resignation letter in full
Reuters Nadine Dorries resigned as Conservative MP from her Mid Bedfordshire seat with a blistering attack on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. Here is her resignation letter in full: It has been the greatest honour and privilege of my life to have served the good people of Mid Bedfordshire as their MP for 18 years and […]
How English school cricket rose from the Ashes in 2005
As the summer of 2005 approached, England prepared to face the Australians on home turf, tasked with trying to win an Ashes series for the first time since 1987. It was an ominous challenge against a side boasting legends like Shane Warne, Glenn McGrath and Ricky Ponting. Equally ominous was the statistic showing that less […]
Chelmsford school used facial recognition illegally
PA Media The school’s cashless catering had previously been managed through fingerprint recognition technology A school broke the law when it used facial recognition technology to take cashless payments from students, the UK’s privacy watchdog found. Chelmer Valley High School, in Chelmsford, first started using the technology in its canteen in March 2023. However, it […]
Humber dredging ‘legal’ amid Grimsby shopkeeper criticism
James Turner (via LDRS) On Friday, George Brozych said he spotted five dredgers in the estuary A port owner says it follows all laws after criticism of dredging in the Humber estuary. Grimsby tackle shop owner George Brozych said he was concerned over the way spoil was being disposed. He said he had noticed an […]
Arlene Foster urges NI parties to stick to language deal
Arlene Foster makes her final speech to the Northern Ireland Assembly as first minister Arlene Foster has urged Northern Ireland’s political parties to stick to a language and cultural deal they agreed to in January 2020. Speaking in the Stormont assembly ahead of her resignation as first minister on Monday, Mrs Foster said the deal […]
Cancer doctor turns full-time Ironman competitor at 34
“They are actually so similar,” she says. “A lot of the day-to-day stuff of what you do is fundamentally pretty boring. “You could be pipetting in a lab for four hours at a time or staring at cells down a microscope – and it’s the same with doing long interval sessions on an indoor bike […]
‘Exploited’ workers propping up the building sector
BBC It’s seven o’clock in the morning at a major builders merchants in East London. By the roundabout outside, men gather, hunched over, smoking cigarettes. Each time a car or van passes, they straighten up and stick out their thumbs – hoping for a day’s work from the passing building trade. Sometimes they get lucky […]
Commonwealth Games: Wales name Gold Coast Games hockey teams
The men’s team features a number of players with Commonwealth experience, including captain Prosser who has 116 caps. Great Britain international Dan Kyriakides is joined by his brother James and there is also a spot for Hywel Jones on the back of his recent debut with the senior side. Wilkinson will be leading the women […]
Government delays university free-speech fines
Getty Images Controversial new powers for universities and student unions to be fined for failing to uphold freedom of speech have been put on hold by the government. Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson said that would allow time to consider whether the law, which was due to come into force next week, would be repealed. In […]