GMB has called the Government out over a Minister’s broken promise on the Cammell Laird miscarriage of justice. A total of 37 Cammell Laird shipyard workers were caged in 1984 after taking official strike action over job losses. They were thrown in a high security category A jail - normally...
A man who has lived in the UK for 60 years has suffered a similar nightmare trying to prove his British citizenship as those affected by the Windrush scandal. Michael Daley, 66, was refused permanent residence in the UK in 2015, despite living in UK since he was just a...
Ambulance staff bitten, stabbed and have blood spat at them in barrage of more than 14,000 physical assaults since 2012 The number of violent attacks on ambulance workers in the UK increased by 34 per cent between 2012/13 and 2016/17, a major investigation by GMB, the union for ambulance workers,...
Neville Lawrence and other victims of an undercover police officer who infiltrated and spied on murdered teen Stephen Lawrence’s family delivered a letter to Amber Rudd today, demanding that their concerns are listened to, and changes made, in the Undercover Policing Inquiry. Stephen Lawrence’s father was among a group of...
Plastic particles that may be a threat to human health are being transported thousands of miles across the oceans in melted sea ice, according to new research. The once pristine Polar regions have become a 'temporary sink' for billions of microbeads from cosmetics, synthetic fabrics, packaging, paints and even cigarette...
A corrupt police officer who stashed half a million pounds worth of seized drugs at his home has been ordered to pay back just £135,000 today (Tues). Disgraced inspector Keith Boots, 55, had his assets seized after he stashed enough narcotics at his home "to keep a 1970s rockstar and...
A six-year-old refused to accept defeat after bullies told her: "You can't play football, you're a girl” -- which resulted in her leading out England Women for a World Cup qualifier. Jessie Adams had initially joined in a small-sided game on the field during lunchtime but was told to stop...
Ex-Premier League footballer Brian Deane remained tight-lipped over speculation he’s part of an English-based consortium in talks to buy Chesterfield Football Club. The striker, capped three times by England, dodged questions about the potential takeover bid, saying: “I can’t really comment at this point.” Chesterfield, which is on the brink...
Students at a university are clashing over LIBRARY seats - as they battle to finish their dissertations. Undergraduates are reporting seeing furious rows over chair availability as deadlines approach. University of Bristol student Rob Angel tweeted after seeing two fellow student clash over a seat in the uni's Arts and...