The union had previously demanded a 5% rise at BT BT has struck a pay deal with the Communication Workers Union, averting possible strike. The company announced this morning that it had agreed a compromise with the CWU’s leadership on a new pay package for its members after the union... 

“Glee,” the spunky TV musical comedy about high school misfits and the teachers who shepherd them, was a top Emmy nominee Thursday with 19 bids, including for best comedy series and stars Matthew Morrison and Lea Michele. The leading nominee was the gritty, unsparing World War II drama, “The... 

© Adriana M. Barraza/WENN Russian singer Oksana Grigorieva’s dentist has finally broken his silence about his client’s alleged fight with ex-boyfriend Mel Gibson which left her with damaged teeth. Grigorieva has told Los Angeles authorities that the... 

OBR interim chairman Sir Alan Budd (left, with George Osborne), is expected to face searching questions at the Treasury committee next Tuesday. Photograph: Chris Ratcliffe Pool/EPA Fears rose last night that job losses in the public sector will be higher than forecast by George Osborne’s... 

Flying high … the Stool Pigeon’s existence is a cause for celebration Does anybody out there like the idea of a music paper that is equally comfortable pontificating about Nas, Roky Erickson, Marc Almond and Holy Fuck, has the reassuringly newsprint-y feel of Melody Maker in the...