A new campaign has been launched urging people across Scotland to have open conversations about suicide. The Scottish Association for Mental Health (SAMH) campaign is seeking to break down barriers on the issue. It aims to empower people to ask the question of others; ‘Are you thinking about suicide?’. The …
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Union leaders were warned that the Government cannot afford inflation-busting pay rises for public sector workers today as the country braces for a wave of brutal Christmas strikes. Transport Secretary Mark Harper said he did not have ‘a bottomless pit of taxpayers money’ to hand out to rail workers, nurses …
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Royal Mail workers are to launch a fresh wave of strikes throughout December in a round of industrial action set to cause misery for millions of households posting gifts in the run up to Christmas. The walkouts have been organised by the Communication Workers’ Union amid a row with the …
Read More »Lucy Garlick’s desire to conquer the climbing world has never been greater after a stellar season which saw the Carshalton star achieve success in Britain and beyond. The 15-year-old has thrived in domestic competitions and also travelled across Europe and to America in recent months as she starts to make …
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The labour unrest of Saturday, February 16, 1946, came to attention on the death of a distant relative in Florida in September. It was revealed that Hubert “Skipper” Reid, 1925-2022, who was a civil servant and leader in the scout movement in Jamaica before migrating to Florida, was related to …
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CAIRO (Reuters) – The OPEC+ meeting in December will take into account the condition and balance of the market, Iraq’s state news agency quoted Saadoun Mohsen, a senior official at the country’s state oil marketer SOMO, as saying on Saturday. OPEC+’s October decision to reduce production by two million barrels …
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The man sustained non-life threatening injuries, and was flown to Royal Perth Hospital for treatment. No other vehicles were involved. Source link
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LONDON – Cleaners will become the latest set of transport workers to strike over pay in Britain, the Rail, Maritime and Transport union said on Saturday, adding to a wave of industrial action sweeping the country. The RMT said its members, working as cleaners throughout the transport network, had voted …
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Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Royal Mail staff are staging a series of strikes in November and December in an escalating row over pay, jobs and working conditions. The Communication Workers Union (CWU) …
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Rail travel is likely to be disrupted and people travelling within the UK this weekend are being advised to check before they travel if trains will be running. Aslef union say they want driver wages to keep pace with the rising cost of living crisis, but travel companies have not …
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