Paul Givan’s letter follows a court judgement that the Christian focused RE taught in Northern Ireland was unlawful.
Month: November 2025
Minister defends ‘pragmatic’ U-turn on workers’ rights
Bridget Phillipson told the BBC the climbdown would enable wider benefits to be delivered quickly.
Our son called us injured from the Liverpool parade, it was the most traumatic time of our lives
A father speaks of the moment his son called him to say he had been hit by driver Paul Doyle’s car.
Campaigners trying to save home of Auld Lang Syne
Ellisland Farm near Dumfries is where Robert Burns wrote the work regularly sung on New Year’s Eve.
Midwife on life-support after dream holiday horror
Alison is fighting for her life on a ventilator after getting sepsis on her 60th birthday holiday.
Sally Rooney books may be withdrawn from UK sale over Palestine Action ban, court told
Rooney has said she intended to use royalties from her work “to go on supporting Palestine Action.”
Three arrests after BBC investigation into criminal network on High Street
Two Iranian men and a British man are held after raids in Birmingham and the West Midlands.
Sharp fall in UK net migration with drop in arrivals for work and study
Provisional figures for net migration to the UK show levels dropped to 204,000 in the year to June 2025.
Women ‘traumatised’ by breast cancer treatment at NHS trust
More than 200 patients suffered harm, including unnecessary mastectomies, the BBC has been told.
Badenoch defends calling chancellor ‘spineless’ in Budget row
The Conservative Party leader says she was “channelling” public anger when she accused the chancellor of “whining about mansplaining”.
