British Isles
Friday, 20 January 2023 05:13
Unemployment and Recruitment in Job market
Microsoft will cut 10,000 jobs in the latest round of staff redundancies to hit the tech industry. It will affect 5% of its global workforce and cost £972m in severance and reorganisation costs. Microsoft is the…
Thursday, 12 January 2023 21:31
UK could send tanks to Ukraine
Britain is considering becoming the first country to send Western tanks to Ukraine in what would be a major stepping up of international support. Last week foreign secretary James Cleverly said Britain was open to sending…
Thursday, 12 January 2023 21:25
Hope for the Countryside
There has been a significant downturn in avian influenza cases since the beginning of November. Case rates peaked at over six a day in mid-October, but are now running at less than one a day, the…
Thursday, 12 January 2023 21:19
Two British men missing in Ukraine
Humanitarian workers Andrew Bagshaw and Christopher Parry were last seen on 6 January heading to Soledar, where fighting is intense. The Foreign Office is supporting their families. Christopher travelled to Ukraine to help people to evacuate…
Thursday, 12 January 2023 21:16
Hospital patient’s experience
One patient’s time in A & E: ‘I witnessed the devastation of thirteen years of government underfunding of emergency care. After I phoned 111 they told me to travel immediately to my local hospital’s emergency department.…
Thursday, 12 January 2023 21:13
Potential new offer to health workers
Health secretary Steve Barclay will hold another round of talks with union leaders ahead of planned strikes by nurses. Whitehall said ministers were working on options for resolving the strikes, which could include a one-off payment…