Female fitness instructor wins £5,000 equal pay battle after male trainers were paid more per class

Fitness instructor who took leisure centre to employment tribunal after female trainers were paid £5 less for classes than men is awarded £5,000 Maxine Pridsam, 49, found out female trainers were being paid £5 less per hour than the male trainer while working for the Club Company in Witney, Oxfordshire Mrs Pridsam had been working … Read more

Female fitness instructor wins £5,000 equal pay battle after male trainers were paid more per class

Fitness instructor who took leisure centre to employment tribunal after female trainers were paid £5 less for classes than men is awarded £5,000 Maxine Pridsam, 49, found out female trainers were being paid £5 less per hour than the male trainer while working for the Club Company in Witney, Oxfordshire Mrs Pridsam had been working … Read more

Adelaide local and WWE star Bronson Reed wins NXT North American title

Adelaide local and WWE star Bronson Reed is ‘overwhelmed’ as he beats Johnny Gargano in a steel cage match to win the NXT North American title By Kristy Johnson For Daily Mail Australia Published: 07:30 BST, 19 May 2021 | Updated: 07:31 BST, 19 May 2021 Weighing in at 150kg, WWE superstar Bronson Reed is … Read more

SNP wins by-election in Airdrie and Shotts

SNP wins by-election in Airdrie and Shotts called after sitting MP opted to swap Westminster for the same seat in Holyrood Anum Qaisar-Javed was elected with 10,129 votes, ahead of Labour’s candidate Kenneth Stevenson came in second with 8,372 votes. Tory candidate got 2,812 SNP leader and Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon sent her congratulations  By Chris Jewers … Read more

Amazon wins legal battle with the EU over Luxembourg tax deal

Amazon wins legal battle with the EU after being ordered to pay £215m in back-taxes By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:56 BST, 12 May 2021 | Updated: 21:56 BST, 12 May 2021 Amazon has defeated the EU in a legal battle over the bloc’s order to pay £215million in back-taxes.  Brussels claimed … Read more

Train driver wins 2021 Scottish Landscape Photographer of the Year title

There’s no doubt that when it comes to photography, freight train driver Dylan Nardini is on the right track. The 47-year-old was recently crowned Scottish Landscape Photographer of the Year thanks to breathtaking shots that he took of a well-weathered tree on the Isle of Arran, snowfall in the village of Leadhills and fallen foliage … Read more

Michelin-starred chef wins nearly £60,000 for unfair dismissal 

A Michelin-starred chef who was sacked after he let children play a ‘silly’ game of football in the restaurant of a five-star Mayfair hotel has won nearly £60,000 for unfair dismissal. Award-winning Alyn Williams was fired after hosting a private party during which he set up an improvised pitch, complete with goals and a net, … Read more

High Street fashion chain New Look wins court fight against landlords

High Street fashion chain New Look wins court fight against landlords over pandemic store closures By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 BST, 10 May 2021 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 10 May 2021 Landlords have lost their legal battle against New Look’s restructuring deal.  The High Court ruled against a group of property … Read more

‘Living skyscraper’ made from genetically modified TREES wins architecture design competition 

A team of architects from Ukraine took top prize at a prestigious competition with a concept for a ‘living skyscraper’ shaped out of a grove of genetically modified trees. Their design would mold fast-growing trees into an eco-friendly high rise or office building, with smaller branches forming individual rooms and walls.  The ‘Living Skyscraper for … Read more

Pregnant woman wins £14,000 after being sacked with ‘discourteous’ letter 

Pregnant woman wins £14,000 after boss said ‘I’m too busy for this’ and sacked her with ‘discourteous’ letter after being told she was going to have a baby Yuliia Khimicheva was sacked by a letter, employment tribunal heard She had been forced to take time off work due to an illness related to pregnancy Ms … Read more