Date announcement expected later today
PA Media Simon Harris is expected to call an election later on Friday The taoiseach (Irish prime minister) is expected to ask Irish President Michael D Higgins to dissolve the…
Missing order raises questions about banned Salman Rushdie book
Getty Images Salman Rushdie’s outspoken views on Islam have made him a target of extremists Is it legal to import Sir Salman Rushdie’s The Satanic Verses in India? This question…
Israel sends rescue planes after clashes in Amsterdam
Dutch police have arrested 57 people in the centre of Amsterdam after clashes broke out, reportedly involving young locals and Israeli football supporters. Prime Minister Dick Schoof condemned “antisemitic attacks”…
Robots brought in to help Wirral children get back to school
Robots are being used to give emotional support to children who struggle to go to school. The machines, being offered to pupils in Wirral, help pupils share their feelings using…
Nicola Sturgeon to headline Glasgow comedy festival show
PA Media Nicola Sturgeon will be joined by crime author Val McDermid for the comedy festival show Nicola Sturgeon is to headline a show at the Glasgow International Comedy Festival…
£100m levelling up funds still available
Greater Manchester’s councils will still receive a “desperately needed” £100m cash injection pledged by the previous government, it has been confirmed. There had been concerns the funding, promised under the…
Anger at ‘disrespectful’ warning labels on Glasgow gravestones
BBC The stickers covering up names was called ‘disgusting’ by visitors Visitors to cemeteries in Glasgow have criticised a “disgusting” decision by the city council to place large stickers on…
‘Fear of epileptic seizures didn’t stop me having children’
BBC Debbie McCrudden was asked whether she planned to have children when she was diagnosed with epilepsy in 2014 When Debbie McCrudden was diagnosed with epilepsy in 2014 she was…
Young people on being diverse in rural areas of Wales
BBC Nyarai says moving from a diverse London made her feel “very different” “I moved from London to Wales and was called exotic.” Nyarai, 16, moved to Carmarthenshire when she…
COP29 chief secretly filmed promoting fossil fuel deals
Watch: Secret footage shows COP29’s chief Elnur Soltanov discussing gas and oil deals A senior official at COP29 climate change conference in Azerbaijan appears to have used his role to…