This is another kick in the teeth for the UK’s proud shipbuilding tradition says GMB Union GMB has expressed outrage after almost 300 job losses were announced at Cammell Laird. The company said it was slashing 291 jobs - nearly 40 per cent of the workforce – by March 2019. Just this week the shipyard won two contracts worth more than £600 million, to maintain Royal Fleet Auxiliary ships. GMB will meet with members on October 15, before meeting with the...

Arif Ansari was charged under the Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 1992 after a live news bulletin in February.

Natasha Abrahart is one of 11 Bristol University students to take her own life since October 2016

Theresa May has announced plans to make employers reveal their ethnicity pay gap. It is hope this will identify extent of discrimination, in the workplace, on race grounds and that this will change in the future. Currently only 3 per cent of employers measure their ethnicity and disability pay gap. This announcement comes after the gender pay gap revealed huge discrepancies in cretin companies and sectors. Ms May said: “Every employee deserves the opportunity to progress and fulfil their potential...

Jobless thug Joanne Hatwell, 46, followed the victim home after he collected his £160 pension before she and her son Ryan Hatwell, 27, robbed him

The niece of a WWII veteran Colonel William I. French is having her uncle’s medals presented to her by an accountancy firm.

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has called for children to be taught about the legacy of the British Empire, the slave trade and colonialism. He also want to raise awareness of the role black people have played in British history. Mr Corbyn today was visiting Bristol as part of Black History month. He met up with Paul Stephenson, a civil rights activist who was actively involved in 1963 Bristol bus boycott. This was a struggle to overturn a ban on ethnic...

Sustainability is at the heart of Nine Lives, a neighbourhood bar tucked away on Hollyrood Street, near London Bridge station. Opened last year as a project from Sweet&Chilli, the bar is committed to reducing their carbon footprint: many of the ingredients used are sourced from the bar’s own back garden, or within close proximity. The bar’s herbs are grown alongside the help of St Mungo’s homeless charity; apples are grown in co-founder Allan Gage’s garden to replace the need for...

A consumer rebellion against high-tech automated services in businesses could be underway after new research revealed millions of Brits get confused about state-of-the-art technology such as automatic tills, self-scanning and unmanned service desks and most prefer the human touch. Almost 50 per cent of shoppers confessed to feeling 'confused' while using automated services, a groundbreaking study has revealed, and 64 per cent think human staff are more efficient. But despite this, 68 per cent believe technology will continue to replace more...