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UK pharmaceutical jobs at threat due to crossfire of “ideology & incompetence” over Brexit
After giant AstraZeneca said it will keep its freeze on investments in Britain if Brexit fails to give enough clarity on future trading relations, the Government has been accused of ‘ideology and incompetence’ putting the industry at risk. AstraZeneca Chairman Leif Johansson reportedly told France’s Le Monde newspaper the company would keep its freeze on manufacturing investments without clarity on future trading relations. GMB, the union for workers at AstraZeneca has warned the Government’s mishandling of Brexit talks is putting...
Nature will need three to five million years to recover from man-made extinctions
Humans are exterminating animal and plant species so fast that nature's built-in defence mechanism evolution can't keep up
Care worker guilty of raping a vulnerable woman
Robert Smith, of St Catherine's Way in Gorleston, was found guilty last Thursday at Norwich Crown court
Beer drought looms because of global warming
Brewing could slump and price of pint double in as heatwaves become more common
HIP-HOP BUST UP – Rap music videos ‘glamourise’ drug use, warns study
Researchers found cannabis and tobacco are frequently featured in videos by top rappers
Rare swift spotted for first time in UK
The white-rumped swift was seen yesterday evening (sun) at Hornsea Mere in East Riding
“Neo-nazi terrorist” dad who plotted “white jihad” posed in KKK baby photo
Adam Thomas and Claudia Patatas are accused of belonging to the banned terrorist group National Action
Households left to pick up tab for shareholder payouts that plunged private water companies into debt
English and Welsh households are paying £53 each a year to service the debts of private water companies that were accumulated after they doled out ridiculously high dividends to shareholders, a London School of Economics report has revealed. Payments on £1.2 billion worth of debt have landed directly on the laps of households according to a study by Karol Yearwood of the LSE. The main beneficiaries of the borrowing policy were shareholders, which received payouts far in excess of any...
Investors’ investment decisions negatively affected by Government’s Brexit failings
As David Davis urges ministers to rebel against the Government's Brexit deal in a defining week of the negotiations with the EU, IW Capital reveals investor sentiment towards the leaving process with less than six months to go until the UK leaves the European Union. Key stats include: Three in ten - 8.7 million - said that securing a good deal with the EU was crucial to them continuing to invest into UK SMEs. 12.6 million – 43% - feel that...