The Labour administration said they have the framework of a deal that could end the strike and will instruct officers to move ahead if they are still in power after the local election.

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Ronnie O’Sullivan’s bid for a record-breaking eighth Crucible title was shattered in Sheffield as John Higgins capped a remarkable comeback with a 13-12 win to move into the World Snooker Championship

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Brand-dependent mega-musicals aren’t hitting Broadway any less often. But they might be getting a little more respectable. Maybe it helps that some recent adaptations haven’t focused so heavily on sto

For a long time, people went to Chengdu to see the pandas, eat hot pots or visit the shrine of ancient warlord Liu Bei. Now there is another reason. John Aloisi has been in the capital of Sichuan prov

It was a good weekend for Nottingham Forest, although perhaps not as good as it looked like it might be on Friday night. That evening, when they handed Sunderland their record defeat at the Stadium of

The parties most likely to win the Senedd election next month offer radically different futures for Wales, but all six are facing criticism for not being “upfront” in their manifestos about the fiscal

"You will hear some voice note messages she sent to her friends and you might think she was pretty drunk by the end of the night," Haskell said.

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The family of an Aboriginal mother of seven who died just weeks after giving birth say the Western Australian government knew she was experiencing domestic violence and fearing for her safety weeks be

My grandfather, who I have always called Pa, is dying. He grew up working class in the north of England and went on to have a spectacular career, life and family. Many of my friends have inherited te

‘It’s magical,” says Loie Hollowell. “It’s such good timing!” The artist, speaking via Zoom from her studio in Queens, New York, is referring to the Artemis II moon mission. Little did she know, when

On 22 April, fire crews in Methil were called to a blaze on Wellesley Road at 18:35, a colliery bing on Sea Road at 20:50, then a third incident on Rising Sun Road in Buckhaven at 21:00.

“I don’t know when I read men any more”, the writer Zadie Smith told a literary festival audience on Sunday. “It does happen sometimes, but it’s completely flipped compared to the reading I did when

World No 1 Aryna Sabalenka overcame Naomi Osaka 6-7 (1), 6-3, 6-2 in a gripping battle on Monday to reach the Madrid Open quarter-finals. Sabalenka, who has claimed titles at Miami, Indian Wells and

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Anthony Joshua is to face Tyson Fury later this year after promoter Eddie Hearn confirmed a deal to stage the biggest fight in British boxing history has been signed. Joshua will face Albanian heavyw

PJ Court, vocals, guitars The Primitives formed in the summer of 1984 with a singer called Keiron, who brought me in to write songs. When he left, we pinned up an advert in Coventry library and Tracy

When Assimi Goïta, the leader of Mali’s military junta, sat down with the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, in the Kremlin last summer, it symbolised Moscow’s commanding sway over Mali at the expense

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Steve McQueen’s first major film, a tribute by Chris Ofili to Doreen and Stephen Lawrence, and images of young people at club nights including the Haçienda will be exhibited at Tate Britain as part of

Musk, who co-founded the company that created ChatGPT with Altman, wants more than $130 billion in damages in a lawsuit that could shakeup the artificial intelligence landscape. The BBC's Lily Jamali

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Name: Doomjobbing. Age: Old, but increasing in frequency. Appearance: Imagine a recruitment website sucking the life from you. Is this related to doomscrolling, by any chance? How perceptive of you

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Two other men, aged 17 and 22, were arrested and charged after a pitch invasion during the match. They are scheduled to appear at Edinburgh Sheriff Court at a later date.

Graham Clark from British Wool said: "We are finding more and more consumers are making considered purchases and want to know where the materials came from - that is why the Scottish wool logo is so i

Here is a murder mystery that’s like a cross between Babe and The Thursday Murder Club, in which instead of plucky underdog retirees solving crimes, it’s … sheep? With a touch of Watership Down somewh

Magic: the Gathering is casting lots for a union. Game developers at the popular digital and tabletop studio Wizards of the Coast, a subsidiary of Hasbro that develops online versions of the popular c