Union baron prepares for bitter BA strike battle over thousands of job cuts More than 6,000 BA employees have applied for voluntary redundancy so far Unite and the GMB union have called for BA to drop its ‘fire and rehire’ proposals By Harriet Dennys For Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 22:32 BST, 8 August 2020 … Read more
Army Commandos and Royal Marines form new high-tech ‘strike company’ given the choice of new gadgets and weapons to target terrorists and enemy countries anywhere on earth The navy is forming an elite 150-strong Commando Vanguard Strike Company The elite troops will be handed the latest tactics technology and weapons Royal Marines and army commandos … Read more
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
Michael Barrymore’s attempt to revive his 90s game show Strike It Lucky online has allegedly flopped. The TV personality, 67, hosted the show for 13 and 209 episodes on ITV between 1986 and 1999. And in attempt to attract former fans of the series, he has been playing it on Instagram Live in recent weeks, using the … Read more
Pregnancy term ‘morning sickness’ should be scrapped because it trivialises the condition which can strike expecting women at any time of day, experts insist Experts have looked into the accuracy of the pregnancy term ‘morning sickness’ A study by the University of Warwick claims the term should be scrapped The feeling of nausea amongst pregnant … Read more
The Prime Minister has announced a series of changes to the lockdown in England from July 4. Here is how the alterations will affect people’s lives: Do we have to keep to being two metres apart? No. For people not from the same household it is now ‘one metre-plus’. The ‘plus’ element is what the … Read more
A rail union leader is warning of a national strike unless the Government gives ‘unequivocal assurances’ that the social distancing rules across the transport network will remain at two metres. The Transport Salaried Staffs Association (TSSA) said the Government’s own review into the social distancing guidance clearly states that public transport presents a high risk … Read more
An influencer has set out to shatter the illusion of perfection often found on our social media feeds by sharing less than glamorous shots of herself next to her posed photographs. Rianne Meijer, 26, from Amsterdam, boasts a 648,000 following on Instagram but believes it is unfair to only show filtered and edited versions of herself … Read more
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
Members of the STEM — science, technology, engineering and mathematics — community have gone on a 24-hour strike to support the Black Lives Matter movement. The hashtags #ShutDownSTEM, and #ShutDownAcademia circulated widely on social media, as did support for ‘Strike For Black Lives’. It received the backing of prestigious scientific journals AAAS and Nature, as well … Read more