Civil Service chief urged to probe potential ‘abuses’ in recruitment of agency staff
The Head of the NI Civil Service and NI Audit Office have been urged to investigate the recruitment of civil service agency staff to ensure the system is not being…
Chinese president’s envoy meets with Vance and Musk on the eve of inauguration
China’s vice president held meetings with the US vice president-elect and US business leaders, including Elon Musk, in Washington on the eve of Donald Trump’s inauguration, as the two major…
NI Civil Service dismissals at five-year high, with 188 sacked in 12 months
The number of Civil Service staff being dismissed has reached a five-year high, according to new figures.
Billionaires’ wealth soared in 2024, anti-poverty group says
Billionaires’ wealth grew three times faster in 2024 than the year before, a top anti-poverty group reported on Monday as some of the world’s political and financial elite prepared for…
Hidden Game: Canadiens keep clawing back to outlast Rangers in OT
This edition of the Hidden Game is dedicated to the late, great and immortal Red Fisher. The dean of Montreal hockey writers, first for the Star and later The Gazette,…
Hundreds of flats in St Pauls and Bedminster in latest Bristol planning applications
Hundreds of new flats could be built in both St Pauls and Bedminster under new plans recently submitted. Each week Bristol City Council receives dozens of planning applications seeking permission…
British family of Hamas hostage urge Israel to let them tell him tragic news
The British family of Eli Sharabi, one of the hostages still held by Hamas, are appealing to authorities in Israel to be the ones to tell him his wife and…
Inside the pure imagination café where ‘unfinished’ is the new complete
The Christmas decorations were still up at Stacks on the grey morning of Monday, January 13. The superstitious side of me twitched a little – it’s bad luck to have…
POLL OF THE DAY: Will the presidency of Donald Trump be a good or bad thing for Britain?
As the world waits for Donald Trump’s return to the White House, GB News asks its members if the soon-to-be 47th President will be good or bad for Britain. Trump,…
Thousands of Bristol homes with planning consent have not been built
About 16,000 homes with planning permission across Bristol have not been built despite the housing crisis, it has been revealed. The figures were announced by city council leader Cllr Tony…