1 hour ago Popular bar hits back as electrician refused entry for wearing work clothes

The popular Belfast bar backed its decision to refuse entry to an electrician who was wearing his workwear and claimed it 'feels like a bit of a class thing'

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10 h. ago Challenge to minister’s decision to refuse integrated school proposals dismissed

The challenge came after Education Minister Paul Givan refused applications from Bangor Academy and Rathmore Primary School, also in the town.

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22 h. ago Candace Owens: Australia’s high court backs government decision to deny visa to US rightwinger

Court supports home affairs minister’s 2024 decision to reject visa application for planned speaking tour on character groundsAustralia’s high court has unanimously backed the government’s 2024 decision to refuse rightwing provocateur Candace Owens a visa to enter the country.The full bench of the court ruled on Wednesday that the minister’s denial did not infringe an implied constitutional freedom of political communication. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Scrapping plans for nationwide prostate tests 'will cost lives', cancer survivors and campaigners warn

Reports emerged last week the UK National Screening Committee will advise the Government to dismiss proposals to offer men most at risk of the disease an NHS test due to cost concerns.

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3 d. ago Gaza ceasefire live: Trump says ‘war is over’ as he heads to Middle East for release of hostages

Israeli prime minister says there are ‘very great security challenges ahead of us’ but expects hostages will be released tomorrowIsraeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has said that Israel is ready for the “immediate” reception of all Gaza hostages.“Israel is prepared and ready to immediately receive all of our hostages,” he said in a statement after a meeting with the coordinator for the hostage coordinator Gal Hirsch. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Kemi Badenoch accuses Keir Starmer of deliberately collapsing 'China spy' trial so Labour can 'suck up' to Beijing

The Tory leader lashed out amid claims that the Prime Minister's light touch with the Communist regime had handed it a free pass to commit espionage in the UK.

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7 d. ago Labour minister REFUSES to label China 'an enemy' as Keir Starmer is accused of giving Beijing a 'free pass' to spy in Britain in wake of trial collapse

Emma Hardy admitted dealing with the communist regime was 'a challenge', the day after the director of public prosecutions launched an astonishing attack on the government.

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8 d. ago I preached levelling up as the key to Tory success – but Boris Johnson didn’t do it. Now look at us | Justine Greening

Social mobility and equality of opportunity is crucial to Britain’s success. The party that embraces those things will prosperJustine Greening is a former Conservative ministerAs the existentially challenged Conservative party meets in Manchester for its annual party conference, it has much to ponder on where it goes next. It’s not even clear if there is a road forward at all. These are tough times for a party that now has little, if anything, new or unique to say to voters.It could have been so different if it had made tangible progress on an agenda that matters to people across the country: Levelling up. Yet Boris Johnson’s government hadn’t got the first clue on how to turn his zeitgeisty rhetoric on levelling up into policy reality. For the two years after the 2019 election, it debated what the term even meant.Justine Greening is a former Conservative minister and was MP for Putney from 2005 to 2019 Continue reading...

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2 w. ago 'I was first Black student at school and angry mob chased me on first day'

October marks Black History Month in the UK, and Ruby Bridges has shared what life was like as the first Black student to integrate into a Louisiana school in 1960

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2 w. ago Charles Leclerc dismisses reverse grids proposal: ‘It’s not part of F1’s DNA’

F1 boss Stefano Domenicali has raised the prospect of more sprint races, and potentially even reverse grids, in the future

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2 w. ago War erupts at one of Australia's top private schools after girls refuse to use bathroom over transgender decision: 'We got a bit uncomfortable'

A war has erupted at a top Australian private school.

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2 w. ago Keir Starmer heads into tough autumn with rump of ‘Starmtroopers’

Exits of key unelected aides come as UK prime minister faces Budget, talk of leadership challenge and calls to tack left

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2 w. ago Rachel Reeves suggests Andy Burnham would 'crash the economy' and doom Labour to 'irrelevance' as party's leadership war rages on eve of crucial conference

The Chancellor appeared to take a swipe at the Greater Manchester mayor following his headline-grabbing intervention earlier in the week.

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2 w. ago Labour leadership war rages as Cabinet minister praises 'fantastic' Andy Burnham amid challenge to Keir Starmer... and poll shows Manchester mayor is party's best option

On the eve of Labour 's annual conference in Liverpool, Andy Burnham has stirred up a civil war within the party's ranks following his bold pitch for the leadership.

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2 w. ago Government minister slams Andy Burnham 'tittle tattle' as Labour row threatens to erupt

A Cabinet minister has dismissed suggestions Andy Burnham could mount a challenge for the Labour leadership

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