A former couple who held two sex workers hostage at their flat in Battersea before physically and sexually abusing had taken recordings on mobile phones, a court has heard. Alex Ballen, 19,... Read more »
Health care workers in London and Chatham, Ont. came out to a nice surprise amid a snowstorm that swept across the region. A small contingent of leadership staff at London Health Sciences... Read more »
A London hospital is set to lose more than 1,000 members of staff if they refuse to be vaccinated against Covid in the upcoming weeks, its ‘worried’ chief executive has said. Dr... Read more »
Healthcare workers have backed union calls for an inflation-proof pay rise for NHS staff, warning the health service is at “breaking point”. Fourteen unions, representing 1.2 million health staff in England, have... Read more »
Merton Council has had to explain a new method they are deploying to combat fly-tipping in the borough after it seems some residents were left confused. Fly-tipping has been a major problem... Read more »
Bin men are up in arms and claim a contractor hired by a council for £13 million a year is treating some staff like “second class citizens”. Waste collection staff employed by... Read more »
The UK’s FTSE 100 led European equities higher after survey data indicated China’s manufacturing industry had not been significantly derailed by the Omicron coronavirus variant. The blue-chip UK share index, which is... Read more »
Millions could be entitled to over one hundred pounds in compensation if they have worked from home since April 2020. This is thanks to HMRC’s ‘work from home’ allowance which applies to... Read more »
Bosses warned today that hospitality firms need support ‘in the next 24 hours’ as venues prepare to shut their doors in the face of dwindling customer numbers, with morning rush-hour traffic in... Read more »
One pay packet away from the streets: the workers who became homeless in the pandemic | Homelessness
Heavy rain soaked Grace’s clothes as she huddled in the doorway of an empty building in Derbyshire. Just weeks before, the 57-year-old had been a care worker, looking after vulnerable adults with... Read more »