Rochdale grooming gang boss – known as ‘Daddy’ – worked as ‘welfare officer’ at Oldham Council: Damning report reveals how police failed to flag his arrest to his employers leaving ‘other children exposed to tragic abuse’ Damning report revealed groom gang leader ‘Daddy’ was employed by council The review also says police and councils failed a number of Oldham children […]
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Ukraine: War will 'cost a lot of money' says Anthony King We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Professor of War Studies Anthony King warned Ukraine’s counter-offensive […]
Read more(Reuters) – Apple Inc workers in Maryland voted on Saturday to join a union, becoming the first retail employees of the tech giant to unionize in the United States. More than 100 workers in Towson near Baltimore "have overwhelmingly voted to join the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers," the union said on its website. The local workers, forming […]
Read moreCOLOGNE, Germany (AP) — At a gas station near the Cologne, Germany, airport, Bernd Mueller watches the digits quickly climb on the pump: 22 euros ($23), 23 euros, 24 euros. The numbers showing how much gasoline he’s getting rise, too. But much more slowly. Painfully slowly. “I’m getting rid of my car this October, November,” said Mueller, 80. “I’m retired, […]
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London: A leading human rights barrister has questioned whether Rwanda is fit to host CHOGM this week after the disappearance of family members of an Australian activist. Jennifer Robinson, of London’s Doughty Street Chambers has taken the case of Noel Zihabamwe to the United Nations Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances in which two of his brothers went missing […]
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Get on track! Grant Shapps urges Keir Starmer to condemn rail strikes set to cause travel misery for millions and asks Labour leader to appeal for unions bosses to reopen negotiations Transport Secretary called on Labour leader to issue an appeal to the unions Mr Shapps accused unions of resisting ‘modernisation of..working practices’ Tomorrow 40,000 RMT members are set to […]
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On yer bikes! London Mayor Sadiq Khan joins 14,000 people on 54-mile bike ride from London to Brighton to raise money for research into heart and circulatory diseases The London Mayor, 51, shared a photo on Twitter with several of his brothers The bike ride, which is in its 45th year, has raised £70 million for BHF’s research Heart and […]
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THIS is the dramatic moment a Russian boat loaded with weapons is blown up by two Harpoon missiles. Ukrainian officials said its forces struck the Russian naval tugboat in the Black Sea as it travelled to the Snake Island. The Russian vessel was hit on Friday with a Harpoon anti-ship missile system supplied by the West. It is the first […]
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Captain Conscientious! Airline pilot takes to the tarmac and helps baggage crew load-up plane as airport chaos continues with mountain of bags forming outside Heathrow terminal and sleeping passengers leaving Stansted looking like a ‘shoot-out’ Video shows the conscientious captain helping ground crew load up an Edelweiss plane at Edinburgh Airport It comes as bags have been piling up outside Heathrow […]
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