BMA to ballot senior doctors in England over strikes as pay dispute escalates
Union says there has been ‘far too little progress’ in talks over pay and career developmentUK politics live – latest updatesSenior doctors in England are to be balloted over the prospect of strikes, the British Medical Association has announced.The union said that simultaneous ballots of consultant...
Far-left California congressional candidate clashes with Trump supporters in heated exchange
Shonique Williams is seen confronting Trump supporters at Cerritos College, where a heated exchange over politics, race, and policy escalates in a campus free speech area.
Starmer vows to ‘fight’ social media firms to protect children from addiction
Prime minister says government needs to show it is on families’ side as new screen-time guidance launched• UK politics live – latest updatesKeir Starmer has promised a “fight” with social media firms amid efforts to limit children’s use of mobile phones, tablets and TVs, as new official guidance rec...
London anaesthetist facing jail for stealing drugs from hospital ‘for sexual activity’
[{"id":1279420,"path":"/news/london/tube-strikes-latest-tfl-rmt-london-underground-overground-trains-b1279420.html","title":"Tube strike LIVE: London Underground network crippled as RMT walkout gets under way","imageUrl":"https://static.standard.co.uk/2026/04/21/11/2272354906.jpg","standfirst":"24-hour walkout begins at midday throwing travel plans of Londoners into disarray"},{"id":1279427,"path":"/news/politics/london-labour-charged-investigation-vote-rigging-croydon-east-b1279427.html","title...