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Transport ministers must follow example of health colleagues to reach RMT deal

Transport ministers must follow the example of their health department colleagues by offering “new money” in union negotiations or passengers will face further rail misery, RMT general secretary Mick Lynch has said. Mr Lynch was speaking as he joined workers on a rainy picket line at central London’s Euston station on Saturday, as a walkout by 20,000 members across the country crippled services. Workers from across 14 train operators are on strike in a long-running dispute over jobs, pay andRead More

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National News

Jon Snow Im at complete ease with late fatherhood

Jon Snow has said he is “at complete ease” with becoming a father again in his 70s. Jon Snow has said he is “at complete ease” with becoming a father again in his 70s. The veteran broadcaster, 75, and his wife, Zimbabwean academic Precious Lunga, welcomed a baby boy via surrogate in March 2021 after struggling with “medical setbacks and miscarriages”. He also has two daughters from his three-decade relationship with human rights lawyer Madeleine Colvin. The former Channel 4Read More

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National News

Arrest warrant for Putin for war crimes in Ukraine welcomed in UK and US

US President Joe Biden has joined Britain in welcoming the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) decision to issue an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin for war crimes in Ukraine. Mr Biden said Mr Putin had “clearly committed war crimes” and the warrant, although not recognised in the US, was “justified” and made “a very strong point”. His remarks came after UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said it was essential that those at the top of the regime in MoscowRead More

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National News

Heathrow security guards to strike for 10 days in pay dispute

They are set to walk out from the 31st of March Security guards at Heathrow Airport are to strike over Easter in a dispute over pay. Unite said more than 1,400 of its members employed by Heathrow Airports Ltd (HAL) will take 10 days of strike action from March 31 after voting in favour of walkouts. The strike action involves security guards employed at Terminal Five. Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said: “Workers at Heathrow Airport are on poverty wagesRead More

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National News

Mae Mullers Eurovision song soars up charts

Mae Muller has kicked off her Eurovision campaign on a high note as her entry for the song contest soared up the singles chart after it was announced she would represent the UK. The track, I Wrote A Song, has landed at number 30, making it the first UK Eurovision entry to debut within the top 40 in its first week since boy group Blue’s I Can in 2011, according to the Official Charts Company. This also marks Muller’s firstRead More

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National News

Owen Farrell ready to upset family loyalties against Ireland

The Irish are favourites to secure the Grand Slam England captain Owen Farrell admits his mother Colleen is stuck in an unenviable position as he attempts to deny father Andy Grand Slam glory with Ireland. The personal circumstances of the Farrell family is a major subplot going into Saturday’s sold-out Dublin showdown, with the hosts odds-on favourites to complete a Guinness Six Nations clean sweep. Fly-half Farrell is out to spoil the St Patrick’s weekend party at the Aviva StadiumRead More

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National News

Morrisons fined 35 million after supermarket worker died

Matthew Gunn suffered catastrophic head injuries at the Tewkesbury branch of the supermarket in September 2014 A supermarket chain has been fined £3.5 million after an epileptic employee died when he fell from the stairs during a seizure. Matthew Gunn, 27, suffered catastrophic head injuries at the WM Morrisons store in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, in September 2014. He had been regularly using the staircase to access his locker on the first floor of the shop when he suffered a seizure. MrRead More

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National News

The Crown stars spotted filming together as William and Kate

The actors who play the Prince and Princess of Wales as university students in The Crown have been spotted filming together in St Andrews. Ed McVey and Meg Bellamy were being filmed as William and Kate in the Fife seaside town on Friday. Bellamy was dressed in clothes that would not have been out of place in the early 2000s – when the couple attended the university – including bootcut jeans with a pleated leather belt, and high-heeled suede boots.Read More

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Sport

Young fans meet footballers

Children at West Lynn Primary School were visited by five Lynn Town Football Club players and three members of the management team.The event, which was organised by Linnets in the Community, saw footballers Gold Omotayo, Jacob Jones, Ben Stephens, Jordan Ponticelli and Christian Oxlade Chamberlain spend an afternoon with the pupils, alongside manager Tommy Widdrington, assistant manager Hugo Langton and first team coach Mark Hughes.Youngsters from the West Norfolk Academies Trust school had the opportunity to question the visitors andRead More

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