Weetabix workers to strike – and union says it will result in cereal shortages

Workers at two Weetabix plants are to stage strike action later this month in a dispute over contracts, trade union Unite said.

Migrants ‘see the UK as El Dorado so they’ll keep coming’, say people in Calais

As we clamber on board the boat, the darkness and quiet envelopes all.

Geronimo the alpaca did not have TB, owner claims, as chief vet insists post-mortem showed ‘TB-like lesions’

The row over Geronimo the alpaca has escalated as his owner suggested a post-mortem examination revealed he did not have Bovine TB - something the chief veterinary officer disputes.

Migrants ‘see the UK as El Dorado so they’ll keep coming’, say people in Calais

As we clamber on board the boat, the darkness and quiet envelopes all.

At least two people killed in gas explosion at block of flats in Russia

At least two people have been killed in a gas explosion at a block of flats near Moscow.

Kremlin critic decries lookalikes with same name as him running in election ‘in bid to confuse voters’

A Russian opposition politician, gearing up for an election, has criticised authorities after discovering two of his opponents have the same name as him and have apparently changed their facial hair in an attempt...

Education secretary ‘mixed up’ Rashford with black rugby player Itoje

Marcus Rashford has mocked Education Secretary Gavin Williamson after the politician was accused of confusing the footballer for England rugby star Maro Itoje.

National Insurance hike will see care workers receive tax rise but no pay increase – Starmer

Under Boris Johnson's plan to hike National Insurance by 1.25% as part of social care reform, a care worker on the minimum wage will receive a tax rise but not a pay rise, Sir...