PA Media Mike Nesbitt predicts there will be difficult discussions with health unions ahead Stormont’s health minister has raised the prospect that he will not be able to match pay deals being given to healthcare staff in other parts of the UK. Mike Nesbitt was speaking after a budget reallocation exercise known as a monitoring…
KERYS MCAULEY Two dark-coloured emus have been found after escaping from a farm in Brotton A pair of emus have been found after escaping from their home by jumping over a fence. The two birds made their great escape from Gripps Farm in Brotton, Teesside, on Sunday lunchtime. They were found three miles away in…
PA Media Neil Gray used the Scottish government car service for four Aberdeen games Health Secretary Neil Gray was “doing his job” when he used a ministerial car to attend three Aberdeen football matches at Hampden, a cabinet colleague has said. Gray – an Aberdeen fan – was criticised by opposition figures after The Sunday…
McClean has regularly been criticised and the subject of abuse for his stance, first at Sunderland where he accused the club of not being allowed to explain his decision. He has previously spoken of receiving death threats over the issue. There have been a number of investigations into fan behaviour angered by McClean’s choice, while…
US President-elect Donald Trump has made two more key appointments ahead of his return to the White House in January. Tom Homan, 62, will serve as Trump’s “border tsar”, having previously served as the returning president acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice). New York Congresswoman Elise Stefanik, 40, has also been made ambassador…
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer is expected to discuss European security and the likely impact of a second Trump presidency when he holds talks with French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris on Monday. Ahead of attending a ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Macron and Starmer are expected to discuss Russia’s ongoing invasion…
Getty Images Vistara will become fully integrated with Air India starting Monday Indian full-service carrier Vistara will operate its last flight on Monday, after nine years in existence. A joint venture between Singapore Airlines and the Tata Sons, Vistara will merge with Tata-owned Air India to form a single entity with an expanded network and…
Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille has been fired by the country’s ruling council less than six months after he took office. An executive order, signed by eight of the council’s nine members, named businessman and former Haiti Senate candidate Alix Didier Fils-Aime as Conille’s replacement. Conille, a former United Nations official, was brought in to…
Tenerife has announced a major tourism change, with a new ban on tourist buses in Anaga Rural Park starting in January 2025. Tenerife Cabildo President Rosa Dávila announced the decision, which is part of a larger reform to improve traffic flow and protect the island’s natural beauty. This new ban on large buses aims to reduce…
Russian President Vladimir Putin has offered what he called “total support” for Africa, including in the struggle against terrorism and extremism. The speech was read out at a summit in the Black Sea resort of Sochi by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to his African counterparts. Several African governments have cut ties with traditional Western…
