Month: June 2022

More than 35,000 customer-facing and junior employees at banking giant Barclays are to get a £1,200 pay rise to help with the cost-of-living crisis. The high street lender said the […]

England have made two changes for their rescheduled Test match against India, with Sam Billings taking over from the unwell Ben Foakes and James Anderson back to lead the bowling […]

The British Racing Drivers’ Club have suspended Nelson Piquet’s membership with immediate effect following his racial slur against Lewis Hamilton. Triple world champion Piquet, 69, apologised to Hamilton on Wednesday, […]

The Government has removed large sections of its Schools Bill following concerns in the House of Lords that the Bill would undermine academies’ autonomy. In a letter to the Lords, […]

An electrified fire engine is to be deployed in the UK for the first time. London Fire Brigade (LFB) announced it will trial an electric-hybrid appliance at Hammersmith Fire Station […]

Lily Allen said women should not have to “justify” having an abortion as she reflected on her own experience of having one. The 37-year-old hit out on Instagram at people […]

Police need to improve how they respond to domestic abuse cases where the suspect is a serving officer, a report has found, but denied perpetrators within the force were “getting […]

More than half of people in Scotland do not want another independence referendum next year, according to a new poll. First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has announced plans for a second […]

The Government has announced more compensation for postmasters caught up in the Horizon computer system scandal. Postal Affairs Minister Paul Scully said an interim payment of compensation to eligible members […]

A former SNP MP who embezzled almost £25,000 from two pro-independence groups has been jailed for two years Natalie McGarry, 40, who represented Glasgow East between 2015 and 2017, was […]