In what has emerged as Britain’s largest coordinated strike action in a generation, up to half a million teachers, civil servants, train drivers and university lecturers walked out of their places of work on Wednesday over pay and conditions. The strike resulted in the shutting down of schools across Britain, …
Read More »Sunak urged to drop two-child benefit cap to lift half a million out of poverty
Rishi Sunak has been urged to drop “unspeakably cruel” policies to lift half a million children out of poverty. SNP MP Kirsten Oswald has urged the Prime Minister to U-turn on his decision to back the two-child limit and benefit cap policies set by his predecessors. Households with more than …
Read More »Postal deliveries hit across UK after Royal Mail workers strike over pay dispute
Royal Mail delivery staff in the United Kingdom launched a 48-hour strike on Friday, a move attached to a worsening dispute over pay. Postal deliveries across the country were hit after Members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) walked out. The union said the walkout by about 115,000 of its …
Read More »Royal Mail releases stamps to commemorate Gay Pride march
Britain’s Royal Mail is commemorating an LGBTQI+ event in London considered landmark development for gay rights in the UK. Royal Mail has released a set of eight illustrate stamps. These illustrations are made by award-winning artist Sofie Birkin. On July 1, 1972, a group of people gathered in London’s famed …
Read More »VIDEO: UK postman ‘kicks’ dog across floor while delivering parcel in Greater Manchester
A postie in the UK has been filmed allegedly kicking a pet dog across the floor while delivering parcels. Distressing footage captured by a doorbell camera in Greater Manchester shows a Royal Mail postal worker handing over several parcels before a pet dog barks and runs towards him. The postman …
Read More »Horrifying moment postman kicks family dog while delivering parcel to young girl
Shocking footage has captured the moment a postman kicked a family dog as he delivered a parcel to a family in Greater Manchester. The Royal Mail worker was delivering the parcel to the family’s home last month when the door was opened by a teenage girl. Watch the shocking incident …
Read More »UK PM’s staff partied as queen mourned husband
Reuters Now Posted Another lockdown party scandal embroiled Boris Johnson on Friday, as it emerged his staff partied at his Downing Street residence on the eve of the funeral of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth’s husband, Philip. Indoor gatherings were banned at the time. Source link
Read More »UK’s Johnson apologizes for lockdown party
World Posted British Prime Minister Boris Johnson offered his “heartfelt apologies” on Wednesday for attending a “bring your own booze” gathering at his official residence during the country’s first coronavirus lockdown as opponents said he must resign. Olivia Chan reports. Source link
Read More »UK’s Johnson apologizes for lockdown party
Reuters Now Posted British Prime Minister Boris Johnson offered his “heartfelt apologies” on Wednesday for attending a “bring your own booze” gathering at his official residence during the country’s first coronavirus lockdown as opponents said he must resign. Source link
Read More »Santa gets a boyfriend in heartwarming Norwegian gay Christmas ad
The advertisement is intended to mark 50th anniversary of the decriminalisation of homosexuality in the country. “Posten is an inclusive workplace with great diversity, and we would like to celebrate the 50th anniversary with this beautiful love story,” Monica Solberg, the company’s marketing director, told Kampanje, Norway’s advertising trade magazine. …
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