Category: UK News

Craft beer behemoth, Brewdog, has recently announced that it will no longer pay its employees the real living wage. Instead, workers will receive the UK government’s national minimum wage of £11.44 per hour from April. This rate falls below the £12 cost of living-based rate. The Aberdeenshire-based firm cited the move as “necessary” in an… Continue reading Craft beer giant Brewdog abandons real living wage for employees

The building of the High Speed 2 (HS2) railway between London and Birmingham could cost more than £65bn at current prices due to rising materials costs such as steel and concrete, according to Sir Jonathan Thompson, the CEO of the company building the infrastructure. The rise in materials costs in recent years has resulted in… Continue reading HS2 to Birmingham may cost £65bn, railway boss says

London is introducing new “attendance hubs” to combat persistent absences in schools. The Department for Education (DfE) will coordinate with nine London schools with the best attendance records to share ideas with other schools across England, with the aim of reducing absenteeism. In addition, the DfE is providing £15m towards a scheme to offer support… Continue reading London school attendance hubs launched

The UK government has announced that it will introduce an emergency law to reverse the convictions of individuals embroiled in the Post Office scandal. Postal affairs minister Kevin Hollinrake asserted that over 900 convictions were linked to the scandal over the course of 16 years. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak promised swift exoneration and compensation for… Continue reading Post Office victims to have convictions overturned

Bristol’s Barton House tower block residents, who had to evacuate their homes almost two months ago, should be able to return next month, according to Bristol City Council. The council removed over 250 residents from the building in November 2021 because of concerns over the concrete’s safety. The work on the building’s safety commenced on… Continue reading Barton House: Bristol residents to return home next month

The teachers at Pencoedtre High School in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, are on strike as a response to a calculated 50 ‘serious’ incidences of physical and verbal abuse since September, according to a statement released by the NASUWT Union. The council of Vale of Glamorgan claims to be actively working to improve the school’s working… Continue reading Barry: Teachers strike over being abused in class by pupils

The aunt of Zara Aleena, a law graduate who was murdered last year, has raised concerns after reports emerged that her killer, Jordan McSweeney, had a sexual relationship with a prison worker while incarcerated. Farah Naz has questioned the safety measures within the UK’s most secure prison, Belmarsh, after the report of the alleged incident… Continue reading Zara Aleena: Aunt troubled after killer 'has sex with female prison worker'

A former Post Office branch manager has opened up about how she was sent to prison just two days after her daughter’s 10th birthday due to being wrongfully accused of stealing £74,000 from her branch in Tiverton, Devon. Janine Powell was sacked and subsequently arrested, before being convicted at a trial in Exeter in 2008.… Continue reading Devon woman in Post Office scandal 'had to leave children'

A shooting incident in west Belfast has caused the police to cordon off the Greenan area, as officers investigate the scene. Occurring on Tuesday night, the incident is still ongoing as of Wednesday morning. It is unclear whether anyone has been injured in the incident. The public is advised to avoid the area and witnesses… Continue reading PSNI appeal over west Belfast shooting incident

Over 1,700 items are missing from museums across England, according to information obtained through freedom of information requests. The missing items include a drawing of Queen Victoria and navigational equipment from aircraft. The requests were submitted to museums and galleries that receive public funding and cover missing artefacts from the past two decades. The National… Continue reading Pants, moustaches and bird livers among missing museum artefacts