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Thousands of migrant nursing staff are ready to leave the UK, with a new government crackdown on immigration set to fuel the "exodus", a union has warned.A survey by the Royal College of Nurses (RCN) of 3,000 migrant nurses found that more than four in 10 (42%) of those who had been internationally educated were planning to leave the country. Of those, 70% said it was as a result of […]

Plans to legalise assisted dying in Scotland have passed the first stage after MSPs voted in favour of the bill.It was tabled in a bid to allow terminally ill adults to seek medical help to end their lives. It passed by 70 votes to 56. The move comes after MPs voted in favour of similar proposals for England and Wales.Supporters of the bill argue it would ease the suffering of […]

Thames Water chief executive Chris Weston has apologised to customers and promised to turn the failing utility company around. He told Sky News: "I'm sorry that the service that the customers receive… it's not where we would like it to be, everyone is very committed in terms of trying and sorting it out. "So, absolutely I'm very sorry about the service some people receive, but it will absolutely get fixed."It came […]

Campaigners have gathered outside the Scottish parliament ahead of a vote on plans to legalise assisted dying.MSP Liam McArthur tabled the bill which, if eventually passed, would allow terminally ill adults to seek medical help to end their lives. It comes after MPs voted in favour of similar proposals for England and Wales. Image: Doctor Geri Hignett protesting against the bill outside the Scottish parliament. Pic: PA Image: Liberal Democrat […]

A man jailed for murder nearly 40 years ago could have his conviction quashed by the Court of Appeal today, ending what's thought to be the longest-running miscarriage of justice in British history.Peter Sullivan was convicted of murdering Diane Sindall in Birkenhead in August 1986. The 21-year-old florist had been beaten and raped and left in an alleyway. Image: Diane Sindall was killed after finishing her shift as a barmaid […]

Jockey Rachael Blackmore, the first female rider to win the Grand National, has announced she is retiring from horse racing.The trailblazing rider, 35, also won 18 races at the Cheltenham Festival, and bowed out with victory aboard Ma Belle Etoile at her final meeting at Cork on Saturday. Blackmore made history in 2021 when she rode Minella Times to Grand National glory, becoming the first woman to win the world's […]

A prison officer will be killed if the government does not get a grip following recent attacks, the shadow justice secretary said.Robert Jenrick said violence against prison officers has "spiralled out of control in just the past month" after several were injured, by Axel Rudakubana at HMP Belmarsh last week, and by Hashem Abedi at HMP Frankland on 12 April. Southport triple child killer Rudakubana allegedly threw boiling water from […]

A 78-year-old man has been charged over the death of a woman in Glasgow.Margaret McGowan, 71, was found seriously injured at a house in Newfield Square, Nitshill, shortly before 9.45pm on Saturday.She was pronounced dead at the scene.Police Scotland said officers had attended the property following a report of a disturbance.The force said the suspect - who has not been named - was charged in connection with Ms McGowan's death […]

"As far as I'm concerned, there's only three ways to spend the taxpayers' hard-earned when it comes for prisons. More walls, more bars and more guards."Prison reform is one of the hardest sells in government. Hospitals, schools, defence - these are all things you would put on an election leaflet.Even the less glamorous end of the spectrum - potholes and bin collections - are vote winners.But prisons? Let's face it, […]