Nurses to strike over bank holiday as action escalates

The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) announced on Friday that its members will walk out for 48 hours from 8pm on April 30 after rejecting the Government’s pay offer. The union has urged ministers to offer an “historic pay award” to break the deadlock. It comes as around 47,000 junior …

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Climber Lucy Garlick ready for toughest career tests to date

The 16-year-old has become the youngest person in the history of British Climbing to make the senior setup, after a sterling junior career that has delivered both domestic and international success. There were no guarantees that the Carshalton climber would progress to the senior programme so early – and doing …

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