News
The latest local and national UK and International news.
“Women tragically miscarry in warehouse,” MP slams Gig Economy
Stephanie Peacock MP tells Parliament about Amazon workers miscarrying and a carer forced to give urine sample to prove she was too sick to work. Stephanie Peacock MP for Barnsley East, sparked the Parliamentary debate following her Private Members Bill calling for greater protection of Agency Workers. Ms Peacock pressured the Government Minister Andrew Griffiths MP, to implement better and increased workplace inspections with swift action taken against employers. And in the wake of GMB’s landmark victory against Uber she...
Tory whips refuse to nod through Labour MP on morphine as May attempts to head off Brexit rebellion
The House of Commons was marred by controversy today after Tory whips refused to nod through a Labour MP on morphine in a crucial day in parliament. MPs have gathered to debate the EU withdrawal bill as Theresa May searched for a "meaningful vote" to head off a rebellion on Brexit. But the day has already agitated many politicians and commentators after the government decided not to “nod through” sick MPs. Two Labour MPs coming from hospital were denied entry, including one...
Mum will defy law to treat daughter without medical cannabis law change
A mum has spoken of her ordeal as she waits to hear whether the Government will allow her severely ill daughter access to banned cannabis oil. Kelly Anne O'Neill is in despair that she cannot do more to help 24-year-old Danielle. Danielle was diagnosed with epilepsy when she was six and has suffered "horrendous" side effects from taking approved medication. Home Secretary Sajid Javid has told the House of Commons that the use of cannabis in medical treatment will be...
Moped muggers’ lengthy sentences for handbag theft to “send message”
Recco Williams, 21, and 18-year-old Reuben Blakeway targeted the 24-year-old woman as she walked home from Streatham Common railway station in south London
Downing Street Theresa May beheading terror plot trial latest
Mohammad Imran, 22, told police he had tried to obtain a fake passport because his mum would not let him have his own, the Old Bailey heard
Police hunt for missing girl aged nine
Anita-May Davidson disappeared at around 9.15am this morning (Wed)
456 patients died needlessly Gosport War Memorial Hospital inquiry reveals
An "institutionalised regime" of giving “dangerous” amounts of opioids when there was no medical cause meant 456 patients who should have been cared for at a Hampshire hospital had their lives curtailed. Rt Rev James Jones who also chaired the Hillsborough Inquiry headed the probe for hundreds of families seeking answers about their relatives who died after being admitted to Gosport War Memorial Hospital. Today announcing the findings of his inquiry, he said that families had "remarkable tenacity and fortitude...
£10 million spent by Ambulance trust on redundancies would pay “almost 300 paramedics’ salaries”
Annual redundancy spend would pay almost 300 much-needed paramedics’ salaries for a year says GMB union Ambulance bosses spent more than £10 million of public money on redundancy payments in just one year, research by GMB, the union for ambulance workers, reveals. The combined spend on redundancy and other forms of exit packages by the ten ambulance Trusts in England since 2010 is an eye-watering £31 million. In 2013/14 alone, the Trusts forked out more than £10 million on exit packages. This spend...
Alan Sugar hits back over racist World Cup tweet
Alan Sugar just tweeted and deleted this racist joke with a photo of Senegal's World Cup team appearing to be selling sunglasses and handbags: Alan Sugar's deleted tweet But as people pointed out how appalling his xenophobic quip was, the Apprentice TV star doubled down and was far from apologetic. Bookmakers Paddy Power didn't waste any time responding by opening bets that tech mogul Lord Sugar would delete his Twitter account and lose his job on the BBC series...