A series of strike action will impact Perth and Kinross over the Christmas and New Year period if pay and working condition disputes are not resolved. Members of the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) are taking further industrial action against Network Rail, resulting in ScotRail services …
Read More »Best Hertfordshire schools: The primary, junior and middle schools rated ‘good’ by Ofsted
Parents will be applying to send their children to primary, junior and middle schools across Hertfordshire with many new infants starting school for the first time. Choosing the right school for your child can be an incredibly daunting task for any parent. Fortunately, Ofsted can help make the task a …
Read More »‘Distraught’ families lose thousands after kitchen company ‘disappears overnight’
‘Heartbroken’ customers have lost thousands of pounds after a kitchen company disappeared overnight. Sam Martin and Danielle Charlton were planning on having children next year, but now say those plans have been thrown into serious doubt after being left out of pocket. Eleanor and Bob Plant have a newborn baby …
Read More »Welcome to Liz Truss’ Britain. Everyone’s going on strike – POLITICO
Press play to listen to this article LONDON — As Liz Truss gets down to work as Britain’s new prime minister, she faces an immediate problem. Half the British workforce appears to be going on strike. Across the country, rail workers, barristers, dockhands, bus drivers, garbage collectors, Amazon employees, and …
Read More »Life in the ‘underrated’ area of Nottingham where you’d have to nitpick to find problems
People living in an ‘underrated’ part of Nottingham have outlined why they love living in a suburb where they would have to ‘nitpick’ to find problems. Aspley is home to a variety of shops, a David Lloyd gym and the highly-rated Bluecoat Academy campus. Many residents do say, however, that …
Read More »Neighbours torn as road closures solve their school-run nightmare by passing problem to others
An experiment which will see traffic barred from streets around schools will be great for those living there but could just move the problems of school-run congestion elsewhere, according to some of the residents who will benefit. Roads near three schools will be closed to traffic at drop-off and pick-up …
Read More »Collective defined contribution schemes launch in Great Britain – DB & Derisking
Under CDC schemes, employers and employees pay a fixed rate of contributions, collected in a manner similar to defined contribution schemes. Benefits are paid with a target in mind, similar to defined benefit schemes, but with the prospect of variable increases — and the possibility of decreases. The aim is …
Read More »Travellers have been camped on a controversial school playing field since Saturday
Travellers have set up camp on a controversial playing field, allegedly damaging gates and locks at nearby Cotham School in order to gain access. The group of caravans was first seen at Stoke Lodge on Saturday, with at least ten vehicles spotted on the site. School leadership issued a statement …
Read More »When NHS nurses, airlines, Royal Mail and teachers will strike
Unions representing millions of workers in the UK are seeing a greater willingness to strike, as the cost of living worsens and living standards drop at their sharpest rate since the 1950s. While wages stagnate and inflation soars, many workers have seen their wages cut in real terms, setting up …
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Britain’s greatest long distance runner has said he was trafficked into the UK when he was around eight or nine (top image) and spent his early years as a domestic slave for a woman he had never met before. In a BBC documentary (left), The Real Mo Farah, which will …
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