Category: UK News

A prison scheme teaches inmates how to maintain railway tracks so they have a job lined up on release. Source link

Fire chiefs want crews at some fires in eight minutes – two minutes slower than the current target. Source link

The Sikh Federation says the policy “stinks of racism”. Source link

“I was thinking, ‘there’s no problems here,'” he says. “‘This is how I’ve grown up, I’ve seen relationships handled. It’s no one else’s business’. But then upon some deeper reflection, I noticed the impact I was having on her, I realised things need to change.” Source link

Police established the man was not an officer, but failed to investigate the incident as a crime. Source link

Image caption, Tuesday’s front pages are largely dominated by ceasefire negotiations in the ongoing Israel-Gaza war. The Times leads with Israel saying that no ceasefire has been agreed to, after Hamas said it had accepted a proposal brokered by Qatari and Egyptian mediators. Source link

Former Northern Ireland secretary Lord Peter Hain – who introduced the amendment to the Northern Ireland Bill which established the scheme – has written to the current Secretary of State, Chris Heaton-Harris, asking him to consider extending the back payment deadline. Source link

“Whilst the budget provided to me by the executive does not allow me to make a substantial increase in the overall value of the contract, I am pleased that the agreement announced today makes significant progress against key aims identified by GPs in their negotiations, including provision of dedicated funding for their indemnity costs.” Source...

The success comes despite the pair barely training together given Daley now lives in Los Angeles with his husband and two children. Williams will fly to the United States to stay and train with Daley for two weeks later this month to allow the pair to fine-tune before the Games. “I think he’s got a...

The shadow chancellor’s speech comes ahead of key figures likely to show the UK emerging from recession. Source link