Labour urges pay rises for care workers for ‘Covid sacrifices’
Thinkstock Labour is calling for guaranteed pay rises for care workers in England as the party prepares for what has been billed as a “virtual” party conference. Its deputy leader Angela Rayner will say low pay in the industry is a “moral outrage” given the sacrifices of staff during the coronavirus pandemic. Minimum pay rates […]
Foreign-born voters talk hope, fear and big money in US election
BBC Millions of people migrate to the United States every year, and the number of those who become US citizens – and therefore earn the right to vote – is growing. One in 10 eligible voters is a naturalised citizen – representing a record share, according to a recent Pew Research Center study. The BBC […]
Olympic sport this week – BBC Sport
Two of Britain’s fast-rising pentathletes achieved the Olympic qualifying standard with top-eight finishes at the European Championships in Kent. Jamie Cooke, 20, came fourth in the men’s final, having eclipsed his own 200m freestyle swimming world record for a pentathlete. World junior number one Freyja Prentice then produced a good run/shoot to climb from 12th […]
From ‘We’ve shut it down’ to 100,000 US dead
Getty Images It’s an uncanny and almost tragically perfect piece of symmetry. The number of US servicemen and women killed in Korea, Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan – over an aggregate 44 years of fighting – is almost exactly the same as the number of Americans who’ve now lost their lives to coronavirus in just three […]
Mark Zuckerberg spins himself some time
AFP They showed either a chief executive getting on top of the situation, and making what sounded like significant concessions in areas we wouldn’t expect. Or, it was a skilled, composed display of PR spin – a media appearance for which he had almost six days to prepare. Yes, he said he welcomed more regulation […]
Sam Ryder excited for show ‘off the beaten track’
Singer Sam Ryder is looking forward to performing in Hastings as he said the town was “off the beaten track” of the usual tour schedule and “these shows can be better, as the crowd can be better”. Ryder, who came second representing the UK in Eurovision in 2022, said he hoped his show at the […]
Kemi Badenoch dismisses Tory MP’s parenthood remark
GB News/PA Media Conservative leadership hopeful Kemi Badenoch has criticised a Tory MP who said he wouldn’t choose her as leader as she is “preoccupied with her own children”. Sir Christopher Chope told ITV that “you can’t spend all your time with your family” while being leader of the opposition. He said he would be […]
Kilmarnock: Seven sign professional contracts as Jim Chapman returns as boss
Seven players have become the first women in Kilmarnock history to sign professional contracts with the club. Kirsty O’Brien, Laura McLaughlin, Lisa Swanson, Monica Harty, Alex Middleton, Abby Robinson and Georgia Crooks have all penned historic deals with the SWPL2 side. It comes as Jim Chapman returns for a second spell as women’s head coach. […]
What does business want from Boris Johnson?
Getty Images Boris Johnson promised his government would “unleash” the potential of British business, once he has fulfilled his core campaign promise to “get Brexit done”. But for business leaders, many of whom lobbied against Brexit, the pledge means that they will soon have to adapt to a more distant relationship with the UK’s largest […]
North Shields charity ‘stretched’ by free meal demand
Rusby Media Cook Lindsey Newton helps prepare dozens of meals each day A community charity has provided its 40,000th free meal of the coronavirus pandemic, warning it had been “stretched to the max” by demand. The Cedarwood Trust, in North Tyneside, has seen the number of people it helps annually jump from 2,500 to 15,000. […]