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Sir Philip Green named as person involved #MeToo scandal during House of Lords speech
Sir Philip Green, owner of Top Shop, was named by Labour peer Peter Hain, who said he was using parliamentary privilege in the public interest to out the businessmen, after an injunction banned a national paper from naming him. Earlier in the week, the Telegraph ran an article accusing an unnamed and prominent businessman of racial & sexual abuse of staff. Hain told the House of Lords: “Having been contacted by somebody intimately involved in the case of a powerful...
Six different types of tiger surviving in the wild – but three have already been wiped out
Efforts to save the tiger from extinction have been boosted after ecologists concluded that there are SIX different types of the big cat still surviving in the wild
University Union president sparks controversy for promising to vandalise mural of fallen WWI soldiers because it depicts ‘white men’
The president of Southampton University's Students' Union has caused outrage by threatening to vandalise a painting of students who were unable to complete their degrees as they went to fight in WW1
Tiny songbird with an unusually long bill discovered on remote island
The striking brown and yellow bird is just four inches long including a half an inch beak and tips the scales at a quarter of an ounce - less than two teaspoons of sugar
Flu virus ‘could quickly become resistant to drug developed to fight possible pandemic’
Experts warned that it would have to evolve just two genetic mutations for the antiviral to fail
“Rip off” drug companies charging NHS a THOUSAND pounds for mouthwash
An MP has said that over £230 million a year is wasted because of obscene prices charged for out-of-patent medications and custom mixtures with much cheaper ingredients, it has been claimed. The wastage also includes mouthwash, used for relieving mouth ulcer pain in chemotherapy patients, being sold at scandalous mark-ups, of up to a thousand pounds. Dr Philippa Whitford, Central Ayrshire MP, said: “NHS England is being ripped off to the tune of £230 million a year as the price...
Violence in prisons sees worrying spike with 26 assaults against staff a day
The jail system across the UK appears to be at breaking point with a record number of assaults on prison officers. In the year to June here were almost ten thousand (9,485) assaults on staff within prisons, this is a rise of a staggering 27 per cent, which amount to 26 a day. Almost a thousand of the 9,485 total, resulted in a “serious” incident, which needed medical treatment. Overall assaults rose 20% to a record high of 32,559, including...
British Airways loses £3.3 million worth of stock ‘stolen off the back of lorries’ each year
The astonishing figure emerged after three DHL workers were caught red-handed near Heathrow pilfering thousands of pounds worth of designer jewellery belonging to the flag carrying airline
Review of business rates called for as Brexit uncertainty takes toll on UK commercial property
The ongoing uncertainty surrounding the Brexit negotiations is taking its toll on the UK Commercial Property market, causing some hesitancy among tenants, according to the Q3 2018 RICS UK Commercial Property Market survey. Because of the continued uncertainty, RICS (Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors) is calling on the government to review the business rates system in the upcoming Budget. Brexit uncertainty is taking its toll at the headline level, as occupier demand fell slightly, with a net balance of –9%...