It comes after Government won an appeal which prevents a coroner in Northern Ireland disclosing certain sensitive material at a Troubles inquest.

Officials have said the strike had come at the ‘worst time’ for the NHS amid rising flu cases and other winter illnesses.

The Scottish Justice Secretary phoned Professor Alexis Jay after being accused of misrepresenting her in a Holyrood debate in September.

Business Secretary Peter Kyle was “convinced” there is a path to sustainability for the ethylene plant in Grangemouth ahead of a £120 million Government investment, he has said.

Protesters chanting “globalise the intifada” will now be arrested because the “context has changed” in the wake of the Bondi Beach terror attack, police have said.

Bosses at Warner Bros, which makes franchises such as Harry Potter and Batman, said the proposed deal from Paramount was ‘inadequate’.