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Amazon workers who are members of the GMB union are walking out over the next fortnight at two sites in the West Midlands, England in their latest phase of industrial action demanding £15 per hour and the right to organise. A two-day stoppage started today at the Amazon BHX4 warehouse …

Labour Party-run Birmingham City Council’s effective declaration of bankruptcy last week marks a dramatic escalation in the social crisis confronting millions. According to reports, “at least 26” more councils could be in the same position, some “within months.” Bradford, Devon, Guildford, Hastings, Kent and Southampton, with millions of people in …

A young dancer said a nutritionist at a top ballet school told her to stop eating carbs to make her lose weight. India Thompson told a Panorama investigation the so-called expert at the Royal Ballet School had at first admitted she had a good diet. But because teachers had wanted …

The Queen Consort has tested positive for COVID-19 after suffering from cold symptoms, Buckingham Palace has said. ‘With regret, she has therefore cancelled all of her public engagements for this week and sends her sincere apologies to those who had been due to attend them,’ the statement added. Both King …

Despite the written warnings by the worker’s Unions, the airlines have decided to operate their flights entirely during the holiday season. The travellers coming into the UK have been warned that they might face disruptions. The advice is that they quickly cross the borders during that period and also travel …

Princess Charlotte was on her best behaviour as she shook hands with sporting VIPs on a second Commonwealth Games visit with the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge today – and proudly revealed her favourite sport is gymnastics  The little royal, seven, joined her mother Kate Middleton, 40, and her father …

Royal Mail revealed images of a new set of eight dynamic illustrated stamps being issued to mark the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, held in Birmingham and the West Midlands. Designed by artist Charis Tsevis, the vivid images feature illustrations of both male and female athletes competing in a selection of …

Royal Mail has issued a new set of stamps to mark the Commonwealth Games being held in Birmingham later this month. The eight stamps, designed by artist Charis Tsevis, feature illustrations of athletes competing in sports and para sports including diving, boxing, para table tennis and para powerlifting. Royal Mail …

BMO Real Estate Partners (BMO REP) has committed, on behalf of a UK segregated mandate client, to the acquisition of three modern logistics assets totalling c.237,000 sq ft for £32.9 million. Following the sale of the Royal Mail distribution centre in Bristol, the transactions form part of BMO REP’s strategy …

Only 28 Covid-19 patients are currently being treated in Nightingale hospitals across England, official data shows amid calls for ministers to use all of the beds in the make-shift facilities. Department of Health statistics show all the patients battling the virus are in Exeter’s 116-bed Nightingale, which is the only one to …