Jobs growth slows as polling day looms
Jobs growth in the US slowed sharply in October as hurricanes and strikes disrupted the economy. Employers added 12,000 jobs last month, much lower than the 223,000 created in September,…
‘It was the call I hoped I’d never take’
The body of a former British soldier killed while fighting in Ukraine will be brought to his parent’s home in County Fermanagh on Friday. Liam Love, who was 24, will…
Georgian election result makes no statistical sense, say Western pollsters
Reuters The government said voting had been “completely peaceful” in almost all polling stations The results of last week’s election in Georgia cannot be explained, two US pollsters commissioned to…
Why Valencia floods were so deadly
Reuters Firefighters pump the water out of a tunnel where vehicles piled up in Alfafar, Valencia As Spain reels from the flash floods which struck the south-east of the country…
Value for Money Tsar linked to string of overspends
The government’s new Value for Money chief has headed up several big projects that went massively over-budget. David Goldstone has previously worked as a top executive on the London Olympics,…
The Cure’s Robert Smith on grief, death and new album Songs Of A Lost World
BBC The Cure played an intimate concert for Radio 2 earlier this week, which will be broadcast on BBC Two this weekend The Cure frontman Robert Smith says performing songs…
House sales will jump ahead of stamp duty rise, says Nationwide
Home sales will “jump” at the beginning of next year as people try to buy before the rise in stamp duty, one of the UK’s biggest lenders has predicted. From…
Valencia floods: 'There is just mud everywhere'
The BBC’s Nicky Schiller says the La Torre area of the city has been completely devastated. Source link
Drugs-related shooting sparks mass brawl in French city
A drug trafficking-related shooting in the western French city of Poitiers escalated into a brawl on Thursday night involving up to 600 people, French authorities say. Five people were seriously…
Shadow secretary says he hasn’t visited NI due to lack of funds
Conservative MP Alex Burghart has defended not visiting Northern Ireland during his time as shadow secretary of state. Burghart has claimed “getting the funding for trips” has “not been as…