3 h. ago Plumbers and electricians reported high levels of loneliness at work, study reveals

A study of 500 sole traders who work in construction or utilities found 17% feel isolated while at work while a quarter of plumbers said they spend the majority of their working day alone

Politics

64 h. ago Labour's £25 billion tax raid and work reforms see businesses take a battering as report finds employers' hiring plans at lowest level since records began

Research today lays bare the impact of a £25billion raid on businesses and a planned shake-up of employment law.

Economics

4 d. ago Nicola Peltz branded 'obsessive' over Victoria Beckham jacket chaos as feud reaches new heights

Nicola Peltz's reported feud with David and Victoria Beckham has reached a new level as friends of both parties spoke out about their fractured family relationship

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2 w. ago Meet the 'LATers' having better sex than you: Couples who 'Live Apart Together' tell TRACEY COX why separate homes have spiced things up in the bedroom

Tracey Cox explores why more couples are opting to LAT - Live Apart Together. She revealed LAT couples report higher desire, have more sex and experience higher levels of relationship quality.

Society

3 w. ago UK peace talks on Ukraine downgraded as Marco Rubio pulls out

Planned ministerial-level talks replaced by discussions at official level amid reports of change in Kremlin stanceRussia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesMinisterial-level Ukraine peace talks that were due to take place in London on Wednesday have been postponed at the last minute amid speculation that Russia is willing to change its position and after the US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, said he could not attend.The UK Foreign Office indicated that ministerial-level meetings would be replaced by discussions at an official level – though initial public comments from the Kremlin suggested Moscow still opposed Nato countries sending peacekeepers to Ukraine. Continue reading...

Politics

3 w. ago Nearly half of Americans breathing in unsafe levels of air pollutants – report

American Lung Association’s study says almost 156 million people live in areas with unhealthy levels of soot or smogAlmost half of Americans are breathing in dangerous levels of air pollutants, a new report shows, a rise compared with a year ago and likely to further increase in coming years thanks to the climate crisis and the Trump administration’s sweeping environmental rollbacks.Just over 156 million people live in neighborhoods with unhealthy levels of soot or smog – a 16% rise compared with last year and the highest number in a decade, according to the American Lung Association (ALA) annual state of the air report. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Notting Hill Carnival at risk of ‘mass casualty event’ due to crowd control problems

Police warn in new report for London Assembly over ‘dangerous level of crowd density’ at event

Events

3 w. ago Advanced cancers returned to prepandemic levels, according to a reassuring report

Delays in cancer screenings brought on by COVID-19 aren’t making a huge impact on cancer statistics

Events