21 h. ago A hurricane destroyed their homes in Jamaica. Now they face losing the jobs they relied on in the US

Thousands of Jamaican workers who come to the US on an H-2A visa aren’t sure if they’ll be able to return from one year to the nextFarm worker Owen Salmon has picked apples in upstate New York for almost a decade, some 1,500 miles (2,400km) from home. In the midst of harvest season this year, Hurricane Melissa, a record-breaking category 5 hurricane, made landfall in Jamaica.“It was terrifying,” said Salmon, whose wife and two children were at home near Black River, a town on the country’s south-western coast. “For days, I couldn’t hear from them. When I finally did, I heard my roof was completely gone. My wife and kids had to run for their lives, but thank God they’re alive.” Continue reading...

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21 h. ago A hurricane destroyed their homes in Jamaica. Now they fear losing the jobs they rely on in the US

Thousands of Jamaican workers who come to the US on an H-2A visa say they aren’t sure if they’ll be able to return from one year to the nextFarm worker Owen Salmon has picked apples in upstate New York for almost a decade, some 1,500 miles (2,400km) from home. In the midst of harvest season this year, Hurricane Melissa, a record-breaking category 5 hurricane, made landfall in Jamaica.“It was terrifying,” said Salmon, whose wife and two children were at home near Black River, a town on the country’s south-western coast. “For days, I couldn’t hear from them. When I finally did, I heard my roof was completely gone. My wife and kids had to run for their lives, but thank God they’re alive.” Continue reading...

Society

5 d. ago Eluned Morgan admits 'we don't agree' as devolution row with Keir Starmer rumbles on

Plaid Cymru MS Adam Price told Eluned Morgan she would 'lose her job' in May's election

Politics

1 week ago ‘Gorgeous’ air hostess, 25, took own life after fearing she would lose dream job for getting drunk at luxury hotel

A "GORGEOUS" air hostess took her own life after becoming convinced she would lose her dream job for getting drunk at a luxury hotel, an inquest heard. Jasmin Winthrop, 25, a flight attendant for Virgin Atlantic, was “grounded” after becoming unwell while working on a flight from London to Jamaica. She was sent to recuperate from a sinus...

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1 week ago Virgin Atlantic air hostess took her own life after fearing she'd lose her dream job for getting drunk beside Jamaica luxury hotel swimming pool

Jasmin Winthrop, 25, was found dead in her hotel room by her colleagues after fearing she would lose her job when she was sick in public.

Society

1 week ago Virgin Atlantic air hostess killed herself after fearing she'd lose her dream job for getting drunk beside Jamaica luxury hotel swimming pool

Jasmin Winthrop, 25, was found dead in her hotel room by her colleagues after fearing she would lose her job when she was sick in public.

Society

1 week ago 'I'm Britain's best mum because I'd happily call daughter a whale for being fat'

Former glamour model Carla Bellucci, who gained infamy for faking depression to get NHS nose job, says she would tell her daughters to lose weight if justified as she believes it's 'good parenting'

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1 week ago From enslavement to Windrush to Hurricane Melissa, Britain is still tearing Caribbean families apart | Nadine White

Leaving eight-year-old Lati-Yana Brown homeless and cut off from her mother should never have been sanctioned by the stateBritain’s long history with the Caribbean, from enslavement to the Windrush scandal, is marked by policies that have fractured families. The Home Office’s latest actions show little has changed. After the devastation of Hurricane Melissa, a tropical cyclone that made landfall across the Greater Antilles area in late October, eight-year-old Lati-Yana Stephanie Brown was left destitute in Jamaica. But after her UK-resident parents appealed for the Home Office to expedite her visa application, officials rejected it and Lati-Yana has been left to sleep on the floor of her elderly grandmother’s destroyed home.But the rejection rested on factual errors, according to Lati-Yana’s mother, Kerrian Bigby. Dawn Butler, her MP, shared a letter with me raising concerns about “misrepresentations” in the decision notice, including the claim that Bigby does not have full parental...

Events

2 w. ago UK rejects visa for girl left destitute in Jamaica by Hurricane Melissa

Lati-Yana Brown’s parents had asked for application to be expedited so she could join them in UK after house ruinedAn eight-year-old girl left destitute in Jamaica after Hurricane Melissa has been barred from coming to the UK to join her parents.The Guardian reported on the case of Lati-Yana Stephanie Brown after the hurricane. Her mother, Kerrian Bigby, a carer, moved from Jamaica to be with Lati-Yana’s British father, Jerome Hardy, a telecommunications worker, in April 2023, leaving their daughter to be cared for by her grandmother. Continue reading...

Politics

2 w. ago Hundreds of Scots lose jobs weeks before Christmas as major timber firm closes

The UK's largest timber firm entered administration and has announced six Scottish branches are being shuttered with immediate effect.

Politics

3 w. ago Liverpool stars called out as Arne Slot told he will lose job unless he makes huge change

Liverpool's Premier League title defence has all-but ended after a disastrous run of results, with Arne Slot's side losing six of their opening 12 matches

Society

3 w. ago Arne Slot told he'll LOSE Liverpool job unless major change made as Anfield stars called out

Liverpool have badly struggled in the Premier League this season, and Arne Slot has been warned he could face losing his job unless he makes some big decisions in the coming weeks

Society

3 w. ago Former British insurance boss loses top job over ‘workplace affair’

Former British insurance boss loses top job over ‘workplace affair’  The Telegraph

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3 w. ago Women ‘twice as likely to lose jobs to AI’ amid warning they could get left behind

Women 20 per cent less likely to engage with generative AI tools than men, report finds

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3 w. ago WHO to lose nearly a quarter of its workforce – 2,000 jobs – due to US withdrawing funding

Donald Trump’s administration withdrew from the World Health Organization in January, prompting the agency to scale back its workThe World Health Organization has said its workforce will shrink by nearly a quarter – or over 2,000 jobs – by the middle of next year as it seeks to implement reforms after its top donor, the United States, announced its departure.US President Donald Trump’s administration withdrew from the body upon taking office in January, prompting the agency to scale back its work and cut its management team by half. Continue reading...

Economics