When the UK was plunged into the first Covid lockdown, many believed WFH was a temporary measure – and that normal working habits would resume post-pandemic. Yet more than two years since the last restrictions were lifted in Britain, and after bosses repeatedly asked workers to return to the officer, people continue to work remotely....
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Aussie crane company’s international success story
Simon Marr was getting used to having doors shut in his face, so to speak. The boss of Aussie crane company, Marr Contracting, put it down to the way people do business in the UK. “You get people stuck in their ways, that’s how people are,” he said. Know the news with the 7NEWS app:...
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Swedish company’s games featured in illegal online casinos – Radio Sweden
At a press conference in Thailand, police are counting cash amounting to the equivalent of SEK 34 million. Some of the money is suspected to have been obtained by a criminal network, after defrauding elderly Thai people in cryptocurrency scams. The police found the money in late 2023, after a raid on two illegal online...
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Tata Steel to press on with Port Talbot job cuts despite Labour calls for talks
Tata Steel will continue with plans to shut off its blast furnaces in the coming months, costing thousands of jobs in South Wales, despite the Labour Party urging it to delay the decision until after the General Election, the company said on Tuesday. The steelmaking giant said it is “apprehensive” reading media reports that its...
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Jobs market weakens again after surprise rise in unemployment rate
Britain’s unemployment rate has unexpectedly risen to its highest rate for more than two years as the jobs market weakens further, although wage growth remains resilient, according to official figures. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said the rate of UK unemployment lifted to 4.4% in the three months to April, up from 4.3% in...
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US-style cannabis shops, return of EU freedom of movement, free social care and a £9.4billion tax raid on bankers and the super rich: Ed Davey launches Lib Dem election manifesto – before heading off to ride a rollercoaster
The Liberal Democrats opened the door to US-style cannabis shops in Britain today as the party launched an election manifesto that also seeks to get the UK back into the EU. Under the party’s health plans it would seek to tackle the spread of high-strength ‘skunk’ via criminal gangs by allowing ‘licensed retailers’ to sell...
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The changing face of Britain’s High Street: How nail bars, hairdressers and takeaways have moved in while banks have shut down and clothes shops moved out of nation’s shopping streets since 2010
Britain’s High Streets have changed drastically in the last 14 years with nail bars, hairdressers and takeaways replacing banks and clothes shops. A report by policy research agency Public First has revealed the transformation of the UK retail industry as people increasingly neglect town centres in favour of online shopping and banking. The number of...
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Labour has no vision for how UK deals with dangerous world, says Cameron
Labour has rebutted criticism of its defence approach, pointing out that under the Tories the Army has shrunk to its smallest size since the Napoleonic era. Sir Keir Starmer, the Labour leader, has also said he would press the nuclear button in office if needed, and insisted his shadow cabinet supports his pro-Trident stance. Lord...
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TV doctor Michael Mosley praised for innovating world of science broadcasting
Dr Michael Mosley has been praised by friends and colleagues for innovating the world of science and health broadcasting after the body of the TV doctor was found on a Greek island. His widow, Dr Clare Bailey Mosley, confirmed a body discovered on Sunday morning in a rocky area near Agia Marina beach on Symi...
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Eco clowns who could write the book on hypocrisy: How one of the UK’s greenest investment firms has been hounded out of Britain’s literary festivals by rag-tag fanatics who preach about saving the planet – while jetting all over the world
Listeners to BBC Radio 4’s World At One were subjected to a stern lecture last week, courtesy of a 31-year-old novelist named Yara Rodrigues Fowler. She was introduced as an ‘organiser with Fossil Free Books’, an anonymously-run collective of Left-wing activists who have decided to campaign against investment firm Baillie Gifford’s sponsorship of various summer...
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Britain’s Rishi Sunak apologizes for leaving D-Day event early to return to campaigning | CBC News
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak suffered a fresh setback in his struggling election campaign on Friday when he apologized for leaving D-Day commemorations early in order to give an interview attacking the main opposition party. Sunak’s decision to leave early was met with dismay within his Conservative Party, which is trailing far behind the Labour...
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General election latest: Two-thirds of voters say Sunak leaving D-Day early was ‘unacceptable’
The Foreign Secretary has praised Rishi Sunak’s apology and said he wanted to make D-Day commemorations “all about the veterans”. Asked about the Prime Minister’s apology, Lord Cameron, who filled in for Mr Sunak, said: “I think it’s a tribute to the way he is that he thought on reflection he wished he had stayed...