10 May 2012 Last updated at 12:56 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. The BBC’s Lynda Hardy reports on the public sector march in London Hundreds of thousands of public sector workers are taking part in a 24-hour UK-wide strike in a dispute with the government over pension changes. The...
23 March 2012 Last updated at 14:15 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Home Secretary Theresa May: “People who like going to their local pub have nothing to fear” The government is proposing a minimum price of 40p per unit of alcohol in England and Wales in an effort to...
17 March 2012 Last updated at 12:50 ET Unions have reacted angrily to plans to scrap national pay rates for some public sector workers in the UK. Chancellor George Osborne is expected to say civil servants, such as Jobcentre and DVLA staff, should have pay brought into line with private sector salaries in their...
16 March 2012 Last updated at 15:17 ET Offenders who commit crimes fuelled by alcohol are to be monitored and breath-tested to ensure they stop drinking, under government plans. Police will have powers to impose “sobriety orders” on drinkers cautioned for minor offences, such as criminal damage or public disorder. They will be regularly...
25 December 2011 Last updated at 13:55 ET Six of Prince Philip’s grandchildren, including Princes William and Harry, have visited him in hospital. The Duke of Edinburgh, who is 90, had a coronary stent fitted at Papworth hospital in Cambridgeshire, after suffering chest pains on Friday. Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie, Peter Phillips and Zara...
24 December 2011 Last updated at 12:32 ET The Queen has visited the Duke of Edinburgh in hospital in Cambridgeshire, where he has been treated for a blocked coronary artery. The duke, 90, had a coronary stent fitted after he was taken to hospital suffering chest pains. He is in “good spirits” but remains...
15 October 2011 Last updated at 10:10 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Wales fans at the Millennium Stadium give their verdict and hail the heroic effort of the team Wales narrowly lost their Rugby World Cup semi-final 9-8 to France, after playing an hour with only 14 men. More...
England’s best days are ahead – Johnson (UK only) France stunned England and Wales overpowered Ireland to become the first teams to reach the Rugby World Cup semi-finals. The French put their stuttering group form behind them to beat England 19-12 in Auckland after Wales overcame Ireland 22-10 in Wellington. France and Wales will...
17 September 2011 Last updated at 13:24 ET The family of one of the four miners who died in a Swansea Valley colliery have been to the mine to pay tribute. Phillip Hill, 45, died in flooded Gleision Colliery near Pontardawe along with colleagues Garry Jenkins, 39, David Powell, 50, and Charles Breslin, 62....
16 September 2011 Last updated at 16:23 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Chief Constable Peter Vaughan: “The conclusion we have is the one none of us want” The search for four miners trapped underground in a flooded Swansea Valley colliery has ended with the discovery of the last body....
