Wes Streeting and resident doctors urged to agree to mediation to end strikes | NHS

Exasperated NHS bosses have urged Wes Streeting and the British Medical Association to agree to independent mediation to end industrial action by resident doctors, who will begin their latest strike on Wednesday.... Read more »

Micheál Martin wounded, but his leadership of Fianna Fáil is intact after stormy meeting

Micheál Martin’s leadership of Fianna Fáil has emerged wounded but intact after an internal party review into Jim Gavin’s disastrous presidential campaign largely put the blame at the candidate’s feet. Earlier on... Read more »

German politicians decry Russia labeling DW ‘undesirable’ – DW – 12/16/2025

German politicians specializing in culture in the Bundestag criticized Russia on Tuesday as its Justice Ministry formally added public broadcaster Deutsche Welle to its growing list of outlawed “undesirable organizations.”  Culture and Media... Read more »

Learner drivers face 24-week wait as backlog continues for two more years

Pritti MistryBusiness reporter Getty Images The backlog of driving tests grew after the covid-19 lockdown Learner drivers face months of delays booking practical tests because a backlog will not be cleared until... Read more »

UK insists negotiations over US tech deal still ‘active’

Downing Street says the UK remains in “active conversations with US counterparts at all levels of government” about a wide-ranging tech deal. The BBC understands talks over the Technology Prosperity Deal have... Read more »

What we know about Russia’s offensive in Siversk

Russia’s renewed offensive on the front-line city of Siversk in Donetsk Oblast has sparked weeks of heavy fighting even as Moscow has claimed that the city has already fallen. The push has... Read more »

MoD and PSNI to pay £10k over delay in legacy civil cases

Lyndsey TelfordBBC News NI BBC The three Reavey brothers, John Martin, Brian and Anthony Reavey, who were murdered in a UVF attack at their family home in south Armagh The Ministry of... Read more »

Glimmer of hope emerges for families of Chinook crash victims – The Irish Times

“You see? I’m smiling,” said Susan Phoenix as she walked along College Green in Westminster at lunchtime on Tuesday. She hadn’t expected to feel that way. Phoenix had just come from a... Read more »

Minister orders probe into foreign financial interference in UK politics

The government has ordered an independent review into foreign financial interference in UK politics in response to what it called the “shocking” case of Nathan Gill, the former leader of Reform UK... Read more »

Justice Secretary Angela Constance survives no confidence vote in grooming gangs row

Lynsey BewsScotland political correspondent PA Media Angela Constance has faced attacks from Labour and the Conservatives Scotland’s justice secretary Angela Constance has survived a vote of no confidence at Holyrood. Opposition parties... Read more »