School strikes: Support staff to walk out at 24 Scottish councils
Thousands of pupils will stay at home on day one of Unison’s three-day strike in a dispute over pay. Source: BBC News
Coventry City 1-1 Huddersfield Town: Darren Moore’s Terriers snatch late draw
Darren Moore was taking charge of his 256th game in management following his time at West Bromwich Albion, Doncaster Rovers and Sheffield Wednesday Michal Helik’s 95th-minute equaliser earned new Huddersfield boss Darren Moore a draw away at Coventry in his first game in charge. Just when the home side looked set to claim only their […]
Gatwick cancels 82 flights due to staff shortages
The airport will cancel some flights over the coming week after Covid hits air traffic controllers. Source: BBC News
Police probe after Brand sexual offence claims
London’s Metropolitan Police to investigate allegations of “non-recent” sexual offences following news reports about comedian Russell Brand Source: BBC News
Lego axes plan to make bricks from recycled bottles
The toy giant finds that the new crude oil-free material did not cut carbon emissions. Source: BBC News
Child serial killer Lucy Letby to face retrial over attempted murder charge
The former nurse will stand trial next year on one count of the attempted murder of a baby girl. Source: BBC News
HS2: Backlash against scrapping Manchester link grows
However, writing in the Times, Mr Osborne and Lord Heseltine said scrapping the route to Manchester, and potentially a link between west London and Euston station, would be “an act of huge economic self-harm, and be a decision of such short-sightedness that we urge the prime minister: don’t do it”. Source: BBC News
Chris Kaba: MoD offers military support after armed Met officers turn in weapons
Review into armed police is set up as dozens turn in weapons after an officer faces a murder charge. Source: BBC News
Hollywood writers in deal to end US studio strike
Screenwriters hail an “exceptional” tentative deal to end a strike that has halted film and TV production. Source: BBC News
Kosovo and Serbia row over monastery gun battle
A Kosovan policeman and three ethnic Serb gunmen are dead after a siege of a monastery in Kosovo. Source: BBC News