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Over 30,000 care home staff will lose jobs today for not having their Covid jabs
THOUSANDS of care home staff will lose their jobs today for not having their Covid jabs. Even those who have had one dose will not be allowed shifts until they have had both. Thousands who have had only a single dose will be unable to work until they have hadContinue Reading
We can’t afford to just build greener. We must build less
The greenest buildings are those that exist already Danist Soh on Unsplash, FAL As the built environment takes centre stage at COP26, the scale and urgency of the climate crisis and of the industry’s responsibility to address it comes into focus. A recent report from the UN’s Global Alliance forContinue Reading
Trade war looms over article 16: the Northern Ireland protocol safeguard, explained
David Frost, the UK Brexit minister, has expressed discontent with the implementation of the Northern Ireland Brexit protocol. This is the trade arrangement at the heart of controversies over trade between the EU, Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Frost has threatened to trigger an emergency brake known as article 16,Continue Reading
Luke calls for Plymouth LGBT+ Community to contribute to Conversion Therapy Consultation
29 October, Luke Pollard MP was calling on Plymouth’s LGBT+ Community to contribute to a new government consultation to ban LGBT conversion therapy. The consultation, launched by the government today [29 October], is seeking responses on how to ban conversion therapy. It could include making conversion therapy a criminal offence and banningContinue Reading
Time is running out for customers with Post Office card accounts
Around 24,000 HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) customers with a Post Office card account have just three weeks left to update the department with new payment details before the 30 November deadline, or risk having payments paused. From 1 December 2021, HMRC will stop making tax credits, Child Benefit andContinue Reading
Education South West’s South Devon UTC judged good in all areas by Ofsted
South Devon UTC has been judged good in all areas by Ofsted last month. The UTC joined Education South West team of schools formally on February 1st 2021, having previously been supported by the Trust from September 2020. Ofsted recognised the high-quality resources in Health Care and Engineering which meansContinue Reading
Thousands of women will be aided by £200,000 grant from the Freemasons to National Domestic Abuse Helpline
Thousands of women experiencing domestic abuse will be able to gain help and support from Refuge’s 24-hour National Domestic Abuse Helpline, thanks to a major grant from Cornwall Freemasons and other Provinces. The 200,000 grant will support the Helpline, which is at the heart of a strategic, co-ordinated response toContinue Reading
Tamarama to thwart record-breaking Hollie and land our nap!
Hollie Doyle landed Exclusive Times a short-priced winning favourite on Wolverhampton tapeta Monday, her 160th success of 2021 in the United Kingdom from just over 1000 rides which gives the 25-year-old ‘pocket rocket’ a 16% strike rate; please digest this paragraph, it’s nothing short of sensational! In the first partContinue Reading
AJ should hire Booth for Usyk fight, says mastermind who paired Fury & SugarHill
ANTHONY JOSHUA should appoint Adam Booth as his next trainer if he is to rip his belts back from Oleksandr Usyk. Watford’s 32-year-old heavyweight hero lost his WBA, IBF and WBO titles to the incredible Ukrainian in September and head trainer Rob McCracken has taken the flak for the gameplan.Continue Reading
Promising COVID treatments could be growing under the sea – here’s how to find them
divedog/Shutterstock More than 18 months into the pandemic, we’re still hunting for effective antiviral treatments for COVID – medicines that target the coronavirus itself and stop it from developing in the body. So far we have only a handful of options. Remdesivir has been authorised for use, but the latestContinue Reading