[ad_1] Robbie MeredithBBC News NI education and arts correspondentPA MediaMembers of the NASUWT union had previously rejected the pay offerTeaching unions in Northern Ireland have accepted a revised pay offer of 5.5% for 2024/25.Teachers had previously rejected the pay offer twice, but unions have now accepted the latest offer.The Northern Ireland Teachers' Council (NITC), which represents the five teaching unions, said they had agreed to accept the deal from management.The
[ad_1] A woman at the centre of a free speech controversy involving the US government has been found guilty of breaching a "buffer zone" outside a Bournemouth abortion clinic.Livia Tossici-Bolt was convicted at Poole Magistrates' Court of two charges of breaching the Public Spaces Protection Order on two days in March 2023.The 64-year-old anti-abortion campaigner held a sign saying, "Here to talk, if you want".Her case caught the attention of
[ad_1] Family photos Lawrence Howells and Barrie John died in a crash on the A48The families of two men who died in a crash on the A48 have paid tribute to them. Three men died in the collision involving a blue Ford Puma car and a Scania tipper lorry near Bonvilston in the Vale of Glamorgan on Tuesday.Two of these have been named as Lawrence Howells, 51, from Porthcawl, Bridgend
[ad_1] A mother who killed her newborn baby boy in 1998 while in the grip of severe post-natal depression has been given a suspended sentence after a judge decided the case "called for compassion". Joanne Sharkey, from Liverpool, was only identified as the baby's mother in July 2023 after cold case detectives found a DNA match for her older son, Matthew Sharkey, who had been arrested on suspicion of an
[ad_1] A 42-year-old man has been arrested by police investigating the murder of the journalist Martin O'Hagan.Mr O'Hagan, who was a journalist for the Sunday World newspaper, was shot dead by the Loyalist Volunteer Force (LVF) in Lurgan, County Armagh, in 2001.A man was arrested in Sheffield on Thursday morning with the assistance of Counter Terrorism Policing North East and South Yorkshire Police.He has been transported to Northern Ireland for
[ad_1] A couple who feared they would be sent to prison after they were attacked by neighbours in Thailand have been allowed to return to the UK having been fined.Mary Byrne, 69, and her husband Des, 77, said they were punched and kicked in a dispute over a small garden after emigrating to Asia.They said they acted in self-defence but feared they would be jailed when Thai authorities said they
[ad_1] ReutersA week ago, Westminster was digesting the chancellor's Spring Statement and all the talk was of a tightrope walk and precarious public finances.Next, let's go back nearly two decades to the financial crisis and the historically poor growth and negligible average earnings growth that has afflicted the UK ever since. And then recall the calling card of the Labour Party at the general election last year and its "mission"
[ad_1] Steve JonesBBC News, YorkshireSteve Jones/BBCMatt Hannam says the problems date back to December 2023Residents in a village beset with water pressure problems say the simplest of household tasks have become a battle.Some people living in rural Lower Cumberworth in West Yorkshire have begun texting their neighbours before they wash to avoid taps running dry. Others have been forced to fill their washing machines by hand and are unable to
[ad_1] BBCResidents and businesses are furious about the smell, rats and the wider public heath riskThe Birmingham bin strike has led to a 7ft (2m) high dumping ground containing hundreds of rotting bin bags that residents say has become unbearable.The huge pile of waste in Sparkbrook has built up because people are arriving from out of the area to dump their rubbish, local people say.It has been four weeks since
[ad_1] Scotland's oldest electricity transmission line is being brought down after almost a century of carrying power across Renfrewshire and Inverclyde.Known as "G-Route", the line was built in 1929 to help bring power to nearby shipyards and heavy industries.Reaching the end of their operational lifespan, the ageing steel towers have been gradually pulled down by specialist engineers. They are being replaced with smaller, modernised towers known as "Tridents", which are
