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Unite boss Sharon Graham criticised the watering-down of the Employment Rights Bill and the decision to hit 'ordinary' people with stealth taxes

It's 2 o'clock on a Saturday afternoon at Butlin's in Skegness and I'm about to sample one of the site's famed group activities - but I'm not about to play bingo or join a round of pitch 'n' putt.

Prince Edward , 61, and his wife Sophie, 60, stepped out at Newbury Racecourse this morning to officially reopen the Royal Box as the day's races got underway.

With a kick of her leg and flick of her skirt, Shirley Ballas made her way over to the Strictly Come Dancing judges' desk where she took her seat and threw her head back in laughter.

Warships and military personnel have moved into position near the Caribbean country in recent months, raising fears that Trump is preparing military action.

The Free Software Foundation describes how "After months of preparation and excitement, we finally came together on November 21 for a global online hackathon to support free software projects and "put a spotlight on the difficult and often thankless work that free software hackers carry out..." Based on how many of you dropped in over the weekend and were incredibly engaged in the important work that is improving free software, either as a spectator or as a participant, this goal was accomplished. And it's all thanks to you! Friday started a little rocky with a datacenter outage affecting most FSF services. Participants spread out to work on six different free software projects over forty-eight hours as our tech team worked to restore all FSF sites with the help and support of the community. Over three hundred folks were tuned in at a time, some to participate in the hackathon and others to follow the progress being made. As a community, we got a lot done over the weekend... It was amazing to see so many of you take a little (or a lot of!) time out of your busy schedules to improve free software, and we're incredibly grateful for each and every one of you. It really energizes us and shows us how much we can accomplish when we work together over even just a couple days. Not only was this a fantastic sight to see because of the work we got done, but it was also a very fitting way to conclude our fortieth anniversary celebration events. Free software has been and always will be a community effort, one that continues to get better and better because of the dedicated developers, contributors, and users who ensure its existence. Thank you for celebrating forty years of the FSF and fighting for a freer future for us all.

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Princess Eugenie left the recent woes of her parents behind her as she treated her sons August, four and Ernest, two, to a family day out at Winter Wonderland in Hyde Park, London.

BBC Radio Scotland presenter Kenny Macintyre candidly revealed he has prostate cancer while appearing on Saturday show, Off The Ball, alongside Tam Cowan and Stuart Cosgrove.

She's reaching a whole new audience with her appearance down under in I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here! 

Parents of Eugenie's fellow pupils at Marlborough College were said to have hardly seen either Sarah or Andrew Mountbatten Windsor at school events.

The organisers have made the decision 'with incredibly heavy hearts'

Does the Britannia Hotel in Coventry really deserve the title its had for 12 years? The Daily Mail's Hotel Inspector, who has visited thousands of properties, checks in for the night.

The amber weather warning will come into force in south Wales from the early hours of Monday morning, set to last throughout the day with heavy rain expected until early on Tuesday

This Thanksgiving will mark 54 years since a man identifying himself as Dan Cooper hijacked a plane for $200,000 ransom and skydived out the back, never to be seen again.

It's not the first time Meghan shared her calligraphy skills, as she taught it at the Paper Source store in Beverly Hills fwhen she was a jobbing actress trying to make ends meet.

Almost two-thirds of registered U.S. voters "say that a four-year college degree isn't worth the cost," according to a new NBC News poll: Just 33% agree a four-year college degree is "worth the cost because people have a better chance to get a good job and earn more money over their lifetime," while 63% agree more with the concept that it's "not worth the cost because people often graduate without specific job skills and with a large amount of debt to pay off." In 2017, U.S. adults surveyed were virtually split on the question — 49% said a degree was worth the cost and 47% said it wasn't. When CNBC asked the same question in 2013 as part of its All American Economic Survey, 53% said a degree was worth it and 40% said it was not. The eye-popping shift over the last 12 years comes against the backdrop of several major trends shaping the job market and the education world, from exploding college tuition prices to rapid changes in the modern economy — which seems once again poised for radical transformation alongside advances in AI... Remarkably, less than half of voters with college degrees see those degrees as worth the cost: 46% now, down from 63% in 2013... The upshot is that interest in technical, vocational and two-year degree programs has soared. "The 20-point decline over the last 12 years among those who say a degree is worth it — from 53% in 2013 to 33% now — is reflected across virtually every demographic group."

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The TV personality, 66, revealed he has gotten his blood rinsed, filtered and put back into his body, a treatment that has slowly been taking over Hollywood in recent months.

Plans for more than 300 new homes across two sites have been met with fierce opposition

The national postal services said the delays were due to local issues, such as high levels of sick absence or resourcing.

The Black Sabbath legend passed away aged 76 on July 22 at his UK home, surrounded by his loved ones.