Angela Rayner under fire over taxpayer-funded £68k photographer
WEB5 days ago · The Deputy PM was reportedly hired on a salary of £68,000. It is normal for a prime minister to have a personal photographer, but she is understood to be the first deputy PM to have their own . The government says Simon Walker, the photographer, is part of her communications team, rather than a ‘personal’ hire for Ms Rayner.
RMT boss Mick Lynch calls for 'return to 1970s' as he demands
WEB4 days ago · Speaking with alarm employers yesterday, the RMT boss demanded the expansion of union powers. Mr Lynch said: “The problem at the moment is that the unions are not in every sector, effectively. “We’re not in every workplace. We’re not able to influence non-union recognised workplaces, whereas up to the 1970s and 80s, we were.
Dozens of prisoners freed by mistake under Labour’s early ... - LBC
WEB3 days ago · That is why we took decisive action to fix the broken prison system we inherited and keep the most dangerous offenders locked up. This included blocking the early release of domestic abuse offences such as stalking and controlling behaviour. “We are working with the police to urgently return a very small number of offenders - who …
Ukrainian drone drops water for dying Russian soldier after he
WEB4 days ago · The video appeared to have been filmed in late summer on a battlefield in the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine. The video shows a Ukrainian drone dropping a bomb on an injured Russian soldier who was taking refuge in a trench under an earth arch. The man pleaded with the drone operator to spare his life. Picture: Social Media.
Tributes paid to ‘Old Dry Keith’ who went viral in China for ... - LBC
WEB4 days ago · Zhang, 49, originally from north-east China, started posting videos of him as she struggled to adapt to her new life in the UK. Videos of him quickly took off in China. In one clip, after Keith was unable to find avocado to go with his smoked salmon, Chinese writer Zhou Zhiruo wrote: “We watch him struggling to saw apart two slices of dry ...
Britain braced for yet more rain as Met Office issues further yellow ...
WEB3 days ago · The warnings are set to remain in place between 5pm on Thursday and 10am on Friday. Forecasters at the office warned of a "period of heavy and persistent rain" across parts of northern England and north Midlands during much of Thursday. It comes as temperatures look set to dip close to freezing on Saturday across northern parts of the UK.
Post Office campaigner Alan Bates knighted by Princess Anne for …
WEB3 days ago · Sir Alan, who founded the Justice for Subpostmasters Alliance, received his knighthood for exposing the Horizon IT scandal. He is one of more than 550 claimants who have brought legal action against the Post Office. Over 700 branch managers were given criminal convictions between 1999 and 2015 after faulty Fujitsu accounting software, …
Flood fears as new heavy rain warnings issued across much of …
WEB3 days ago · A heavy rain warning is in place in eastern northern Ireland from 8pm on Wednesday until midday on Thursday. Then on Thursday, a similar warning has been issued for the whole of southern England, the Midlands, East Anglia and south Wales from 5pm until 10am on Friday. Read more: Britain braced for yet more rain as Met Office …
Haunting new footage of Titan sub shows extent of catastrophe, as ...
WEB3 days ago · The Titan submersible imploded in June 2023, on the way to the Titanic shipwreck, killing all passengers on board. That included Stockton Rush, the CEO of Oceangate, the company that made and owned the sub. The inquiry into the disaster released new footage of the destroyed submersible on Wednesday. The wreckage, at …
Starmer's opportunity: How understanding health can help benefit …
WEB3 days ago · The last government’s designation of the problem as a ‘sick note culture’ utterly misunderstood the problem. First, because people out of work due to sickness tend to have very complex needs – on average three or four different major conditions. Second, because many in this group do want to work – up to seven in 10, according to ...
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