A fire brigade union leader warns of strikes after reacting angrily to a 2% salary offer. The Board of the Fire Brigade Union (FBU) recommends rejecting the offer, which it says is well below the rising inflation rate. Between 2009 and 2021, firefighters’ real wages were cut by 12%, or nearly £4,000, the FBU said. … Read more
Lindsay Sandiford was sentenced to death almost a decade ago after being arrested for drug smuggling. Since then she has been on death row with one last wish Lindsay Sandiford is sentenced to death for drug smuggling A British grandmother living on death row can only knit and await execution while locked up in a … Read more
Spotify has said it expects slower growth to start off 2022 – but that it believes it will still welcome three million new premium subscribers in the first financial quarter. It comes amid ongoing controversy over coronavirus misinformation on the platform, with a number of performers pulling their content as a backlash over shows by … Read more
Aldi today declared ‘Cuthbert is free’ as it settled its copyright dispute with M&S. A row has erupted between the two supermarket giants after Marks & Spencer claimed the German discounter copied the design of its Colin the Caterpillar cake. But on Tuesday, both companies confirmed that an agreement had been reached, but the details … Read more
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