Tory MPs change to employment law to protect workers after Uber case

Tory MPs demand law change to protect workers from ‘ruthless’ firms after Uber drivers won landmark case Supreme Court ruled that Uber drivers must be treated as workers by company Landmark judgement means they should get minimum wage and paid holidays  Tories MPs pushing ministers for legislation to prevent ‘abuses’ against workers by ‘ruthless firms’  By William Cole … Read more

Zachery Ty Bryan pleads guilty in domestic violence case as part of plea agreement with prosecutors

Zachery Ty Bryan pleads guilty in domestic violence case as part of plea agreement with prosecutors By Paul Chavez For Dailymail.com Published: 02:37 GMT, 24 February 2021 | Updated: 02:49 GMT, 24 February 2021 Zachery Ty Bryan has pleaded guilty in his domestic violence case as part of a plea deal with prosecutors. The 39-year-old … Read more

Trump rape accuser E. Jean Carroll’s lawyers seek to depose ex-president in defamation case

Donald Trump may soon have to answer to rape allegations under oath as accuser E. Jean Carroll’s lawyers seek to depose him in her defamation lawsuit. Carroll filed her lawsuit against Trump over two years ago, alleging that he defamed her in November 2019 when he denied her allegation that he raped her at a … Read more

Heroes cancelled in case they offend: Council in Wales will no longer name streets after individuals

Hero soldiers who have fallen serving their country will no longer have streets named after them after a council said ‘times and attitudes change’ and officials were deluged with requests.  Denbighshire County Council ruled it would now no longer allow the honour after a meeting, which appeared to reference the Black Lives Matter movement last … Read more

Why Andrew O’Keefe’s domestic assault case means The Chase winners could be denied prize money

Channel Seven officially confirmed Larry Emdur as the new host of The Chase Australia on Sunday, weeks after former host Andrew O’Keefe was axed over domestic violence charges.  But questions are still swirling about how the network will deal with The Chase winners whose episodes haven’t aired yet.   According to The Australian Media Diary, the network … Read more

Covid UK: Hospitalisations HALVE since January as case numbers fall

NHS hospitals are now treating FEWER Covid patients than they were during darkest days of outbreak last Spring as statistics show hospitalisations have halved since January There were 20,156 Covid patients in hospital compared to 39,242 in January Those on ventilation beds plunged from 4,077 in January to 2,614 on Wednesday Data shows Covid cases plummeted … Read more

Covid US: Case of SECOND UK super strain, ‘Bristol’ variant, found

First case of ANOTHER UK covid variant – that has a mutation that may weaken vaccines – is discovered in the US, CDC director reveals The US has discovered its first case of the ‘Bristol variant’ that emerged in the UK Variant has same mutations as the UK’s earlier B117 variant that make it 70% … Read more

US finds its first case of the UK ‘Bristol’ variant that may evade vaccines

First case of UK’s ‘Bristol variant’ of coronavirus that has a mutation that may weaken vaccines is discovered in the US, CDC director reveals The US has discovered its first case of the ‘Bristol variant’ that emerged in the UK Variant has same mutations as the UK’s earlier B117 variant that make it 70% more … Read more

Twisted case of man who murdered multiple wives is unraveled in true crime series

A true crime series has detailed how a man was convicted of killing two of his wives after his mail-order bride from the Philippines vanished without a trace.  A recent episode of the Oxygen network’s new show Exhumed revisited the murders of Sharon Reeves, 34, and Emelita Reeves, 26, who died 16 years apart at the hands … Read more

UK and California Covid variants merged in US coronavirus case, scientists say

A hybrid version of the coronavirus has surfaced in California after the UK’s Kent variant and a strain found in the US merged together inside an infected person.    The variant, which has not yet been named, has been spotted once in California but scientists say there are likely to be more cases. It has not … Read more