HGV test changes ‘would help ease driver shortage’
BBC Frylite says it is struggling to recruit lorry drivers Stormont has been urged to make changes to heavy goods vehicle (HGV) driving tests to help alleviate the shortage of lorry drivers. Logistics UK says there is a shortage of about 3,000 to 4,000 haulage drivers in Northern Ireland. That has led to calls from […]
UK suspends competition law to get petrol to forecourts
PA Media The government is to suspend competition law to allow oil firms to target fuel deliveries at petrol stations following recent panic buying. Officials said the move would make it easier for companies to share information and prioritise parts of the country most at need. It follows days of long queues at the pumps, […]
Waterstones staff hand in petition calling for living wage
Getty Images Staff at Waterstones have delivered a petition to the book chain’s managing director calling for higher wages for its lowest paid workers. They’re backed by authors Philip Pullman, Joanne Harris and Nikesh Shukla who with 2,494 others signed an open letter to boss James Daunt. The petition calls for minimum pay of £9 […]
Has coronavirus made us more ethical consumers?
Katherine Latham Business reporter Kimberley Bird Kimberley Bird says that we should all aim to make small changes Kimberley Bird says the coronavirus pandemic has turned her into a more ethical, more environmentally-conscious consumer. And she is far from alone. “This year has really kicked my awareness into overdrive,” says the 32-year-old, from Yeovil, in […]
Impossible 7 halts UK filming due to positive Covid tests
Reuters Tom Cruise has appeared in all of the Mission: Impossible action spy films since the series began in 1996 Production on Mission: Impossible 7 in the UK has been halted for two weeks due to positive Covid tests within the crew, Paramount has confirmed. The movie, starring Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt, will resume […]
How this woman scammed the world, then vanished
BBC Ruja Ignatova called herself the Cryptoqueen. She told people she had invented a cryptocurrency to rival Bitcoin, and persuaded them to invest billions. Then, two years ago, she disappeared. Jamie Bartlett spent months investigating how she did it for the Missing Cryptoqueen podcast, and trying to figure out where she’s hiding. In early June […]
‘Hell on the way’ as inflation expected to hit 11%
Many of the papers feature the Bank of England’s forecast that inflation could surpass 11% later this year. The Daily Telegraph’s lead story reports that it is the eighth time in a year that the Bank has revised its forecast and marks the biggest overshoot of its 2% inflation target on record. The Metro’s stark […]
Staycation boom likely to stay, say tourism bosses
HAVEN Hafan y Môr park in north Wales is already fully booked for its opening week Holidaymakers still want a staycation this year – despite many pandemic restrictions easing, tourism leaders have said. One major holiday park destination in Wales said it was already fully booked ahead of its opening week in March. Tourism bosses […]
Manufacturers urge clarity on post-Brexit trade
Chris Morris Reality Check correspondent, BBC News Getty Images Car manufacturers are worried The UK’s biggest manufacturing lobby groups are calling for more clarity as efforts to establish a new post-Brexit trading relationship gather pace. Yesterday, ahead of Britain’s departure from the EU on Friday, representatives of business organisations met the senior cabinet minister Michael […]
The ‘unlikely’ group calling for climate action
Farmers for Climate Action Farmers travelled to Parliament House in Canberra to protest in September Australia has just experienced its hottest summer and a succession of extreme weather events – making climate policy a key issue in May’s national election. Now one traditionally improbable group is increasingly calling for action: farmers. Gary Nunn reports from […]