The Irish News Front Page 5/12/2024
The front page of The Irish News reports a youth group has apologised after pictures were shared on social media of young people posing with imitation firearms beside UVF banner.
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A community group in Derry has apologised after sharing images on social media of its youth club members posing with imitation firearms alongside a UVF banner.
- DUP minister Paul Givan has said he hopes the era of the “politicisation” of the Irish language is over, during a visit to west Belfast’s Gaeltacht Quarter.
Friday’s news briefing – Starmer pledges, travel chaos, Rare red warning ahead of Storm Darragh
Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced his six priorities for government in a key “plan for change” speech. The targets include building 1.5 million homes, fixing the NHS and delivering clean power by 2030. He also pledges higher living standards, safer streets and ensuring a record number of five-year-olds enter school “ready to learn”
Friday morning travel was a misery for many UK travellers after a major disruption on the rail network. At least nine lines were affected. National Rail said the issue was due to a “nationwide fault” with the radio system used between train drivers and signallers that has now been fixed.
The Met Office has issued a rare red weather warning for wind as Storm Darragh approaches. The warning is in place from 03:00 to 11:00 GMT on Saturday, covering western and southern coastal regions of Wales as well as the Bristol Channel in England.
