2 h. ago All Birmingham bin collections suspended as agency workers walk out

The agency staff were initially brought in to maintain services during the strike

Economics

14 h. ago Agency workers covering for Birmingham bin strikers to join picket lines

Unite said the number of agency workers who will join the strike action is ‘growing daily’.

Events

3 d. ago Bin workers strike over Christmas could seen rubbish pile up in east London

GMB regional organiser Mary Goodson said: ‘Our members still have not been offered a decent pay uplift’

Events

1 week ago 'I spent our £3,000 honeymoon in hospital fighting fatal disease'

Jess and Conor Phillips jetted off to the island of Cape Verde three days after tying the knot

Economics

1 week ago Jess Phillips tells teachers to 'whinge more' like Birmingham bin workers and says 'schools are asked to do too much'

The outspoken Home Office minister said teachers had not been 'thanked enough' for all the work they had taken on over the years.

Politics

2 w. ago Birmingham bin strikes escalate with workers voting 'overwhelmingly' to extend walkouts which could now continue beyond next year's local elections

Unite the union said workers employed by Birmingham City Council will be joined on the picket lines by agency workers who were hired by Job & Talent to perform refuse work.

Politics

2 w. ago Agency workers covering for Birmingham bin strikers vote to join picket lines

By voting for industrial action, agency workers will now be able to join official picket lines from December 1, Unite the union said.

Politics

2 w. ago Law change set to allow AI testing to prevent creation of child sex abuse images

Reports of AI-generated child sexual abuse material have more than doubled in the past year.

Society

2 w. ago Teacher on the naughty list after telling children 'Santa is not real'

The remark was allegedly made at Greenbrae Primary School in Aberdeen during a lesson on All Saints' Day.

Society

2 w. ago Furious Scots parents slam primary school after teacher 'tells kids Santa isn't real'

The school has launched an investigation after the alleged incident which sparked fury among some parents who said "the magic of Christmas had been ruined for some of the pupils".

Society

2 w. ago ‘They’ve ruined the magic of Christmas’, blast furious Scots parents after primary teacher ‘tells kids Santa isn’t real’

PARENTS have been left fuming amid claims a Scots primary school teacher told kids that Santa doesn't exist. Pupils at the school were left devastated after a teacher made the alleged remarks in class. It's claimed the incident happened at the end of October after a teacher from the Aberdeen school discussed a lesson on...

Society

3 w. ago Tui £3,000 honeymoon holiday from hell as newlywed 'stuck on toilet for three days'

Admin assistant Jess Phillips, from Somerset, had the honeymoon from hell in Cape Verde after catching an illness which left her stuck on the toilet for three days

Economics

3 w. ago Government issues statement on Oldham grooming gangs inquiry

Home Office minister Jess Phillips has given an update

Politics

3 w. ago Child prostitution convictions of abuse victims to be pardoned under law change

The move acts on one of 12 recommendations made by Baroness Louise Casey in her review of grooming gangs published in June.

Events

3 w. ago Illinois governor tells teachers union Trump can ‘f*** all the way off’

Illinois governor JB Pritzker unleashed a profanity-laced attack on President Donald Trump and his Republican allies during a speech last month before the state’s largest teachers union.

Politics

last month Supply teacher banned for telling pupil ‘if you took him outside and shot him, no one would miss him’

Science supply teacher Carolyn Akers also told the pupil he would ‘grow up to be transgender’ and hit him on the head with a booklet

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