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The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) is working with health leaders to provide some staff during its bank holiday strike, as NHS England warned appointment cancellations due to industrial action are likely to hit half a million. The RCN, which is holding a strike from 8pm on Sunday until 11.59pm on Monday evening, previously said it will not agree to derogations – broad areas of care where unions agree to

Blackpool were relegated from the Sky Bet Championship after a 3-2 home defeat to play-off hopefuls Millwall. The Seasiders twice hit back from a goal down to level in a real thriller, but even a point would scarcely have been enough as they went down with a game to spare. Millwall, meanwhile, fired themselves back up to fifth in the table as they remain firmly in the play-off shake-up, with

The King will have greater privacy than afforded previous monarchs during one of the most sacred moments of the coronation. Charles will be shielded by a new partition, featuring an embroidered design celebrating the Commonwealth, when he is anointed by the Archbishop of Canterbury during his crowning on May 6. Queen Elizabeth used just a canopy during her 1953 coronation but Charles has opted for more seclusion behind a central

He failed to disclose that he played a role in getting Boris Johnson an £800,000 loan guarantee Richard Sharp has resigned as BBC chairman after being found to have broken the rules by failing to disclose he played a role in getting Boris Johnson an £800,000 loan guarantee. Adam Heppinstall KC’s review found the former Tory donor twice breached the code governing public appointments, risking the perception he was not independent from

Rival generals have agreed a further three-day deal Foreign Secretary James Cleverly has urged all UK nationals wishing to flee Sudan to come forward “as quickly as possible” despite a three-day extension to the ceasefire being agreed. The British evacuation mission was potentially bought more time when the rival generals made the deal as the midnight deadline for the resumption of fierce fighting loomed. The RAF has airlifted nearly 900 people from

The British comedian has stepped down from the hit show after more than 8 years James Corden said he was filled with “nothing but love, gratitude and pride” as he closed out his final episode of The Late Late Show. The British comedian said he had “struggled to find the words” to describe his emotions after more than eight years of hosting the US talk show. The final show saw