Sir Billy Connolly has insisted he 'would have been cancelled' had he started out as a comedian in 2021.

Speaking on New Zealand radio station Newstalk ZB, the Glasgow-born funnyman, 78,

An award-winning Irish author has defended rejecting an offer from an Israeli publisher to translate her book into Hebrew saying the decision was on political grounds - after critics accused her of

Job vacancies hit another record high of 1.2million last month as post-pandemic labour shortages drove up wages and fuelled inflation fears.

The number of posts available spiked again despite unemployment still

Ministers are facing yet another Christmas crisis - hours after claiming they had solved the UK's C02 shortage - after it was revealed shipping containers packed with food, furniture and electronics are backing up