Dozens of workers from around the world may have been trafficked by a family-owned Scottish fishing firm.
Month: August 2024
One in 20 child strip-searches ‘didn’t follow rules’
The children’s commissioner says 45% of searches carried out between 2018 and mid-2023 failed to have an appropriate adult present.
Laws on union strike threshold set to be scrapped
The pledge is part of a wider shake-up of workers’ rights, with legislation expected by mid-October.
Four Britons missing after yacht sinks off Italian coast
15 people are missing, with search efforts ongoing.
Jacob Rees Mogg’s son, 16, ‘received hate mail after election’
Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg tells an Edinburgh audience it was “cowardly” for someone to target his son.
Five motorcyclists killed in crashes near Derbyshire town
They were involved in two separate incidents near Buxton on Sunday morning, police say.
Public urged to hand in zombie-style knives ahead of ban
Owners of the weapons will have four weeks from 26 August to surrender them to police.
Grenfell Tower residents told to ‘stay put for too long’
London Fire Brigade commissioner Andy Roe acknowledged this would have had “an impact on people’s decision making”.
Brian May argues for better farm hygiene to protect badgers
Musician Brian May has led a 10-year study to combat bovine TB spread and help end badger culling.
Driver survives cardiac arrest on dual carriageway
Neville Owen became completely unresponsive after experiencing a cardiac arrest behind the wheel.
