Bristol City Council’s new chief executive on £192k salary
The incoming chief executive of Bristol City Council will be on a £192,000 salary, at the top of the pay band, it has been revealed. The local authority last month…
Elon Musk to advise Trump White House on government efficiency
Elon Musk is to jointly lead a new US Department of Government Efficiency that will advise President-elect Donald Trump’s White House on how to reform and make savings in the…
Man, 26, died at immigration centre in ‘unnatural circumstances’, coroner says
A man found dead at an immigration detention centre is believed to have died from unnatural causes, a coroner has said. Theophile Kaliviotis was in custody at Brook House immigration…
Politics LIVE: Starmer told EU post-Brexit migrant return deal is ‘not going to happen’
Sir Keir Starmer has been told that a post-Brexit migrant return deal with the EU is “not going to happen”. Leading politicians in Hungary’s governing Fidesz party said they would…
Band Aid 40th anniversary mix places artists’ young and old voices together
A new 40th anniversary mix of Band Aid’s Do They Know It’s Christmas? will see the young and old voices of the charity single’s artists come together to create an…
Thames Water rescue deal reaches ‘important milestone’ in creditor backing
Thames Water has won support from three-quarters of its creditors for an emergency funding deal which would throw the struggling utility company a £3 billion lifeline.
New BC Green MLAs sworn in ahead of Conservatives, NDP
Two newly elected members of British Columbia’s Green Party will officially take their seats in the legislature following the first of three swearing-in ceremonies after last month’s provincial election. The…
Alberta eyes former PM Stephen Harper to be next AIMCo chairman, after board and executives fired
Former prime minister Stephen Harper may become the new chair of the Alberta Investment Management Corp., following the UCP government’s dismissal last week of executives and entire board of the…
Biden blasted after bizarre ‘hit in the head’ response to securing Israel-Hamas hostage deal
Joe Biden has been blasted after he gave a bizarre response to a reporter who asked him whether he could strike a hostage deal before he left the White House…
MPs vote to axe hereditary peers but keep Church of England bishops in constitutional shake-up
MPs have voted to axe remaining hereditary peers in a major constitutional shake-up. A total of 435 MPs voted to remove the “outdated” peers, including 340 Labour MPs and 65…