Image caption, Passengers in Brighton faced major disruption By Bob Dale & Hanna Neter BBC News, South East Network Rail said services across Sussex and Surrey are getting back to normal after severe disruptions due to a major signalling fault. A power failure caused delays and cancellations to Southern and Thameslink services throughout Monday. Lucy…
Image source, Reuters Healthcare workers and civil servants in Northern Ireland have been offered a 5% pay increase. They are the latest public sector pay offers to flow from Stormont’s financial package. The proposed settlement for healthcare workers would see the restoration of pay parity with England. The healthcare offer includes a one-off payment of…
Image source, Getty Images By Katy Austin Transport correspondent The boss of Ryanair has said holidaymakers will face higher fares this summer due to new Boeing planes being delivered late. Chief executive Michael O’Leary said the delayed delivery of the planes will constrain capacity for passengers. He said that Ryanair’s ticket prices could be up…
Media caption, Six Nations highlights: Scotland beat England as Van der Merwe scores hat-trick By Alastair Telfer BBC Sport Ireland picked up their third bonus-point win, Scotland made it four wins in a row over England and Italy drew with France after nearly snatching a historic win. The third weekend of the 2024 Six Nations…
The number of bus miles covered fell from a peak of 304 million in 2017 to 282 million last year…
Image source, Getty Images Image caption, Cillian Murphy said it was “extremely special” to win an award voted for by fellow actors By Steven McIntosh Entertainment reporter Oppenheimer continued its dominance of awards season as it scored several major prizes at the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards on Saturday. Christopher Nolan’s film won best film…
Media caption, Watch: ‘Joe, you’re fired’ – Trump focuses on Biden as Haley fights on By Sam Cabral BBC News, in Columbia, South Carolina Donald Trump is one step closer to the Republican presidential nomination after a massive win over Nikki Haley in South Carolina. The former president won his primary opponent’s home state by…
Image source, Shutterstock Image caption, Alexei Navalny died suddenly in a penal colony last week By Sarah Rainsford Eastern Europe correspondent Following the death of the Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, another political prisoner is trying to keep the hope of change alive – even from behind bars. “Freedom costs dearly,” the opposition activist Vladimir…
Image source, BRENDAN BELL Image caption, Battersea Power Station’s four chimneys were dismantled and rebuilt as part of the renovation The BT Tower, an iconic feature of London’s skyline, is set to be turned into a hotel after it was sold for £275m. It joins a list of landmarks across England that have been converted…
Media caption, A video walkthrough shows the Victorian tunnel beneath the River Clyde Deep below the River Clyde lies a once bustling thoroughfare that only a select few are now allowed to enter. Two circular rotunda buildings, one of them in the shadow of Glasgow’s famous Finnieston Crane, mark the exit and entry points for…