20 h. ago UK parents breathe a sigh of relief as bereavement leave after miscarriage is updated

On July 7, 2025, the UK government announced that families suffering from pregnancy loss will be given new rights to time off, as past of Employment Rights Bill

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3 d. ago Sigh of relief for Prince Andrew as the FBI end probe into the royal's links to paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein

The Duke of York had faced a potential inquiry by the intelligence agency as its new head vowed 'to do everything' to uncover people connected to Epstein.

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3 d. ago Bereavement leave to be rolled out to parents who experience pregnancy loss before 24 weeks

Changes to the Employment Rights Bill will ensure time off for those affected by loss

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3 d. ago Parents to be given bereavement leave after miscarriage in 'hugely important' move

The change will give "people time away from work to grieve" if they miscarry before 24 weeks

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4 d. ago Parents who experience pregnancy loss before 24 weeks now entitled to leave

Changes to the Employment Rights Bill will ensure time off for those affected by loss

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4 d. ago Parents who experience pregnancy loss before 24 weeks entitled to leave

Changes to the Employment Rights Bill will ensure time off for those affected by loss

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4 d. ago Parents who lose pregnancy before 24 weeks to be entitled to bereavement leave

Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner said the change would give ‘people time away from work to grieve’.

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4 d. ago Parents in Britain to be granted bereavement leave after miscarriage

Mothers and partners will gain the legal right if they lose a baby before 24 weeks, in Labour workers’ rights reformParents in Britain will be granted a right to bereavement leave after suffering a miscarriage as part of Labour’s workers’ rights reforms, it has been confirmed.In a change to the law made via amendments to the employment rights bill, mothers and their partners will be given the legal right to at least one week’s bereavement leave if they have suffered a pregnancy loss before 24 weeks’ gestation. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Bryan Kohberger's plea deal splits Idaho apart... as judge scolds people trying to sway his mind

Two families have slammed the deal for allowing him to avoid the death penalty, while the other two breathed a sigh of relief that the case never has to go to trial.

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3 w. ago ICE raids and their uncertainty scare off workers and baffle businesses

Farmers, cattle ranchers and hotel and restaurant managers breathed a sigh of relief last week when President Donald Trump ordered a pause to immigration raids that were disrupting those industries and scaring foreign-born workers off the job

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3 w. ago Sanctuary by Marina Warner review – the power of stories in an age of migration

An ambitious meditation on the ability of narrative to shape our perceptions of one another and our experience of homeMarina Warner begins this dazzlingly protean book with a distinctly mundane memory. It is the 1950s, she is a young teen, and the highlight of her week is going to the Saturday morning “flicks” with a neighbour’s slightly older daughter. One particular movie scene has stayed with her: it involves a man dressed in a vaguely historical costume who is fleeing for his life. Face contorted with terror, he makes it as far as the door of a cathedral, whereupon he knocks loudly and cries “Sanctuary!” The door opens a crack, the man slides inside, and the Saturday morning audience breaths a collective sigh of relief. Even if the plot points remain hazy – is Robin Hood somehow involved? – the underlying principle needs no explaining. The fugitive has invoked the ancient right by gaining entrance to a designated sacred space. As long as he stays put his pursuers can’t touch him...

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