36 h. ago ‘Unpaid wages, searing heat, long hours’: why workers are quitting the world’s largest renewable energy park

A vast migrant labour force is helping India meet its ambitious renewable energy goals, drawn by promises of good wages and perks. But many say they are forced to ‘escape’ without payA month into his new job at the world’s largest renewable energy park in Gujarat’s Rann of Kutch, Anawar Alam was planning his escape. Hired along with 17 others who had travelled with him to work on the construction of a solar project, Alam had hoped that the promised pay and perks would support his family back home on the farm in Bihar. But within two weeks he was having second thoughts.“Nothing really prepared us for where we would be working or the fact that it was so far from the nearest village. The work was strenuous, the shifts were 12 hours, and we were living in makeshift tents,” says Alam. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Escapes returns with free 20th anniversary screenings of Bullet Boy this month

Escapes will present free screenings of Bullet Boy starring Ashley Walters on Monday 15th and Tuesday 16th September as this landmark of British cinema is rereleased on the big screen

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2 w. ago 'Prison block' flats planned for former homeless unit site in heart of conservation village

The proposal has already received 21 objections with East Mains Community Council saying the design is "not in keeping with its position at the heart of the conservation area of the Village".

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3 w. ago 'Devil in the Ozarks' killer spent months planning elaborate escape and stealing tools

A former police boss behind bars managed to escape after he spent months gathering supplies to make a fake police uniform and it actually worked – until he was caught just two miles away

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3 w. ago Arkansas prison inmate Grant Hardin's extraordinary escape plan revealed

Grant Hardin, known as the Devil in the Ozarks, had been serving an 80 sentence for murder and rapes and survived in the wild by eating ants and drinking water from a creek

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3 w. ago ‘Devil in the Ozarks’ spent months planning Arkansas prison escape – report

Corrections department review shows how Grant Hardin made fake guard uniform and details lax security at facilityA former police chief known and convicted murderer known as “the devil in the Ozarks” spent months planning his escape from an Arkansas prison, and he said lax security in the kitchen where he worked allowed him to gather the supplies he needed, according to an internal review by prison officials released on Friday.The state corrections department’s critical incident review of Grant Hardin’s 25 May escape from the Calico Rock prison provides the most detailed description so far of his planning – and the issues that allowed him to walk out of the facility. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago 'Devil in Ozarks' planned prison escape for months, cited lax security in kitchen, report says

An internal review reveals that a former police chief, known as the “Devil in the Ozarks,” spent months planning his escape from an Arkansas prison

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