TV alcohol adverts could face ‘9pm watershed’
PA Drink adverts could be banned on TV before the “9pm watershed” under Scottish government plans to curb alcohol abuse. Manufacturers will also be urged to include health warnings on labelling. The measures are part of a 20-point strategy aimed at reducing drinking, with a focus on young people. It was unveiled as new official […]
Domino’s seeks 5,000 workers as staff return to old roles
Getty Images Domino’s Pizza is hiring 5,000 cooks and delivery drivers, as staff who joined during the pandemic head back to former roles. The fast-food chain said it had recruited thousands of workers in the last year to keep up with demand. Recruits included event managers, taxi drivers and hairdressers, unable to carry out their […]
UAW strike expands to dozens of sites at GM and Stellantis
Getty Images UAW members went on strike on 15 September The United Auto Workers union (UAW) is escalating its fight with some of America’s biggest carmakers by taking strike action at dozens of parts distribution centres across the US. UAW boss Shawn Fain said the new walkouts would hit 38 sites owned by General Motors […]
Farage urged to give Tories ‘free run’ at Labour marginals
Getty Images Nigel Farage’s decision to stand his Brexit Party down in more than 300 constituencies at the election dominates the front pages. The paper suggests Mr Farage now faces a battle to keep control of his party and is under pressure from senior party figures and donors to go further and withdraw candidates from […]
Tyson Food managers bet on workers getting Covid-19, lawsuit says
EPA Tyson’s Waterloo plant closed temporarily amid a Covid-19 outbreak in April Supervisors at an Iowa Tyson Foods, a major US meat processor, placed bets on how many workers would become infected with coronavirus as an outbreak raged through the plant this spring, a wrongful death suit alleges. The lawsuit, filed this week by the […]
All 955 trapped workers freed
AFP / Getty Images A rescued miner gestures out a bus window All 955 workers from a gold mine in South Africa have been safely brought back to the surface. They had been trapped underground since a power cut struck on Wednesday night, and back-up generators failed to work. “Everybody’s out,” said James Wellsted, a […]
What do we know about the Banham Poultry outbreak?
AFP It is understood 7,000 birds were culled at Banham Poultry as a direct result of the partial closure A poultry processing factory in Norfolk has seen 127 workers test positive for coronavirus in what has been described as a “significant” outbreak. This is what we know. What is Banham Poultry? Banham Poultry has been […]
Firms urged to honour living wage pledge
Alex Homer BBC Shared Data Unit PA Businesses who have signed up to pay staff the “real living wage” are being urged to continue doing so during the coronavirus crisis. One in five employees earns below the Living Wage Foundation rates, including hundreds of thousands of key workers. Economists urged against more rises before the […]
DUP denies report it would accept Irish Sea checks
Getty Images Arlene Foster said the DUP would not accept arrangements that create a barrier to east-west trade The unionist party had agreed “to shift its red lines” as part of a new deal to replace the backstop, said The Times newspaper, citing unidentified sources. It added the party had said privately that it would […]
Why Nigeria has restricted food imports
Kunle Falayi BBC Africa business reporter, Lagos AFP Nigeria has invested a lot in boosting rice production in recent years President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Central Bank of Nigeria to block food importers’ requests for foreign currency in a bid to boost local agriculture in Africa’s most populous country. It is a continuation of […]