Average home could be buying foreign gas worth around £500 a year by 2035 UK will need to speed up deployment of renewable power and insulate homes British homes will send an average of £5,700 abroad to foreign gas producers to heat their homes and water and cook food by …
Read More »Sir Mo Farah dedicates Bafta documentary award to ‘children being trafficked’
The four-time Olympic champion revealed how he was brought to Britain from Somalia illegally, having assumed the name of another child, after his father was killed in the civil war. Collecting the prize at the event at the Royal Festival Hall on Sunday, Sir Mo dedicating the best single documentary …
Read More »Ministers braced for fresh industrial unrest as nurses gather in Brighton
It comes as RCN general secretary Pat Cullen called on Health Secretary Steve Barclay to restart pay negotiations with a proposed rise in double digits. Members of RCN, one of the two unions to turn down the recent Government pay offer to NHS staff, will gather in Brighton as the …
Read More »Royal Mail boss Simon Thompson to step down
Royal Mail boss Simon Thompson is to step down from his role, the owner of the postal giant has said. Mr Thompson said he believed it was the “right time” to go after Royal Mail and the main postal union struck a deal that could end a long-running dispute. He …
Read More »Whitehaven coal mine: Plan continues to divide opinion
Cumbria is set to be the location for the UK’s first major coal mine in more than 30 years. Will the return of a traditional industry to an economically-deprived area a chance for regeneration – or is it a backward move, out of step with the times, that its critics …
Read More »S Club 7 rebrands as five-piece S Club following death of Paul Cattermole
Pop band S Club 7 has rebranded as S Club following the death of Paul Cattermole. Hannah Spearritt will not join their 25th anniversary tour which will see the band become a five-piece. Member Jon Lee said in a video on the band’s Instagram: “You’ve probably noticed that there’s only …
Read More »Plymouth Oxygen Centre is offering natural healing to the ill and injured
Plymouth people who are sick or injured can benefit from special treatments at the newly opened Plymouth Oxygen Centre. The family-owned business, located in Stonehouse, offers accessible and affordable hyperbaric oxygen treatments. Bogdan and Cristina Buflea, who run the business, say the treatments have been proven to help speed up …
Read More »Nurses fear being taken to court over treatment in corridors, RCN warns
The RCN, one of the two unions to turn down the recent Government pay offer to NHS staff, has revealed nurses are concerned about patient safety and even fear court cases being brought against them for treating patients in corridors. More than 500 specialist A&E nurses in the RCN’s emergency …
Read More »David Olusoga hopes people with ‘backgrounds like mine’ have easier TV journey
The 53-year-old, who presents the BBC’s acclaimed and hugely popular documentary series A House Through Time, was presented with one of the academy’s highest honours during the ceremony on Sunday. In his moving speech, Olusoga said: “Even before I dreamed I would one day work in television, it had already …
Read More »British PM Sunak gets reality checks on poll pull, Brexit
Doing a U-turn in politics is no longer news; ethics is usually for the birds in the cut-and-thrust of politics. Politicians making outlandish promises or not keeping those that helped them win power may no longer spring surprises in many locations, but they still raise hackles in Britain. It …
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