PA Media Paul Givan took up office as education minister in February 2024 In a freedom of information (FoI) request the SDLP councillor Séamas de Faoite asked the Department of Education (DE): “How many groups, individuals or organisations have requested but then been refused a meeting with the minister?” In response, the department said Givan…
Frequently Asked Question (FAQ) pages (or informational hubs) enable your business to respond, react, and anticipate the needs of your audience more quickly and appropriately than other types of destination page experiences. An effective FAQ resource can educate, inform, and naturally guide the user through your website’s content and toward the goals and results you…
Scrutiny of Thames Water, the crisis-hit utility, will intensify this week when the industry regulator appoints LEK Consulting as an independent monitor of the company. Scrutiny of Thames Water, the crisis-hit utility, will intensify this week when the industry regulator appoints LEK Consulting as an independent monitor of the company. Sky News has learnt that…
Why Indian-origin industrialist Pankaj Oswal’s daughter is arrested in Uganda (Picture credit: Instagram/@vasundharaoswal) Pankaj Oswal, a renowned industrialist of Indian origin, has filed an appeal with the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, seeking international intervention in the alleged illegal detention of his 26-year-old daughter, Vasundhara Oswal, in Uganda. According to Oswal, his daughter…
A man has miraculously survived after spending 67 days adrift in a tiny inflatable boat in the stormy Sea of Okhotsk off Russia‘s Far East after he was spotted by fishermen. Shocking footage showed the remarkable rescue of Mikhail Pichugin, 45, by Russian fishing vessel Angel. The haggard and gaunt-looking man, who authorities said had…
Dave Butcher A keeper said he was surprised by how quickly the brown bear had bounced back A two-year-old brown bear that underwent pioneering brain surgery is recovering “remarkably well”, according to keepers. Boki underwent the procedure at Wildwood Trust, near Canterbury, after an MRI scan in Surrey revealed he had hydrocephalus, a build-up of…
Brendan O’Carroll, the Irish star of BBC One sitcom Mrs Brown’s Boys, has apologised for making a “clumsy” joke where a “racial term was implied” during rehearsals for the series’ upcoming Christmas special. The BBC temporarily suspended production and launched an investigation with the shows now going ahead as planned. O’Carroll, who is also the…
RTGS, which is used for real-time fund transfers between banks, is operated by the RBI. (AI image) RTGS in dollars soon? Real Time Gross Settlement System or RTGS could possibly be expanded to include the settlement of transactions in major trade currencies such as the US dollar, euro, and pound sterling. The RTGS, which is…
Sue Gray had direct talks with Taylor Swift’s mother regarding the pop star’s VVIP security when she was in the UK, according to reports. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer is facing scrutiny after his Attorney General granted Ms Swift a police escort in London. The taxpayer paid for Ms Swift’s motorbike convoy while she was…
The rate of unemployment has fallen slightly and pay growth has slowed, the latest official figures show. The jobless rate fell to 4% between June and August, down from the previous figure of 4.1%, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said. Regular pay, excluding bonuses, grew at an annual pace of 4.9% between June and…
