Lidl launches new scheme to tackle hunger by allowing shoppers to donate food by scanning a flyer

Lidl have launched a new initiative that makes it easier for customers to make food bank donations alongside their usual grocery shopping. The supermarket has announced between 12 November and 9 December, shoppers  can give between 35p and £2.45 by scanning a flyer that represents essential food items, such as milk, tuna or cereal, while paying … Read more

Nobel Peace Prize 2020: World Food Programme wins for ‘efforts to combat global hunger’

The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to the UN World Food Programme for ‘its efforts to combat global hunger’ The UN’s World Food Programme has won the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize  Judges said the prize was to recognise its efforts in tackling global hunger   Award is a snub to WHO, also a UN body, amid … Read more

‘The Hunger Games’: Nova FM’s Jarrod Walsh reveals the brutal process of being made redundant

Jarrod Walsh was one of at least four staff members sacked from Nova earlier this month, in response to the COVID-19 recession. On Tuesday, Jarrod, who was Nova Adelaide‘s afternoon presenter and sports anchor, revealed the brutal process of his boning.  Speaking to the Game Changers: Radio with Craig Bruce podcast, he referred to the process as like the dystopian … Read more

Former public school teacher, 62, is on the brink of death on day 40 of hunger strike

A former public school teacher is on the brink of death on day 40 of hunger strike over an unresolved complaint against Marriott Hotels.   John Shepherd, 62, who is on day 40 of the hunger strike, has been battling Mariott Hotels since 2008 after a car park was built next to his flat in Thailand.     … Read more

Five cruise ships are detained in Essex and Bristol after crews go on hunger strike

Five cruise ships have been detained in UK docks after trapped crew went on hunger strike over unpaid wages amid coronavirus.  The Maritime and Coastguard Agency boarded six ships docked in Bristol and Essex on Friday amid reports of late pay and expired contracts.   Athens-based Global Cruise Lines limited own the five ships that were … Read more

Pakistani doctors go on HUNGER STRIKE over lack of PPE

Pakistani doctors go on HUNGER STRIKE over lack of PPE after more than 150 health workers are infected with coronavirus Health workers have complained for weeks that the country’s hospitals are short Several doctors and nurses have died from COVID-19, including a 26-year-old The protesters have kept working in hospitals while taking turns to demonstrate … Read more