Rent for student room in London up by a fifth in two years, report ...
5 days ago · Annual rent for a student room in London has risen by nearly a fifth in two years, a report has suggested. The maximum maintenance loan for students is now less than the average rent in London ...
Next Holyrood election about hope and SNP will be ready, says …
5 days ago · The Holyrood election in 2026 will be about hope, the First Minister has said, as he pledged that the SNP will be ready to fight it. By the time Scots go to the polls in 17 months, the SNP will ...
King to award CBE to actor who portrayed him on screen
5 days ago · An actor who has portrayed the King and Edward VIII in film and television will receive a CBE at Windsor Castle on Tuesday. Alex Jennings, who played the then-prince of Wales opposite Dame Helen ...
Dementia remains UK’s leading cause of death, analysis finds
5 days ago · More than 48,000 women died with the condition last year compared with 27,000 men. The analysis also found that, of the four nations, Northern Ireland had the highest dementia death rate at 11.7% ...
Man suspected of killing UnitedHealthcare boss held without bail
5 days ago · NYPD detectives and staff from the Manhattan district attorney’s office travelled to Altoona to interview Mangione, he said. Mr Thompson, 50, was killed last Wednesday as he walked alone to a ...
Taylor Swift and Bitcoin named among the most popular Alexa …
5 days ago · According to the annual figures, which cover September 2023 to November 2024, general knowledge questions remained popular among Alexa users, with the value of Bitcoin and the population of Earth ...
Gavin And Stacey star says Christmas special is ‘nothing short of a ...
5 days ago · Gavin And Stacey star Mathew Horne has said the show’s Christmas special will be “nothing short of a masterpiece”. The 46-year-old, who plays Gavin Shipman in the series, said the script for ...
Stormont MLAs to vote on extending Northern Ireland’s post …
5 days ago · Stormont Assembly members will vote later on whether to continue with Northern Ireland’s post-Brexit trading arrangements. The previously stated voting intentions of the main parties suggest ...
Funding increases for pupils with special educational needs ...
5 days ago · The report said high needs spending has been consistently higher than funding by £200–800 million per year between 2018 and 2022, and local authorities have accumulated large deficits in their ...
Safety warning as drivers use rural roads to avoid jams
5 days ago · Separate statistics show the average delay compared with free-flow conditions on England’s motorways and major A roads in the year to the end of September was 11.4 seconds per vehicle per mile ...