About half the public think newly qualified nurses, junior doctors and healthcare assistants are underpaid, polling has found. Research also showed that more people thought NHS staff overall were badly paid than well paid, amid signs that public sector pay could become an early test for the Labour government. Dr Nick Krachler, a senior lecturer […]
3 days ago By Eleanor Lawson, BBC News, West Midlands • PA Media, News Agency Getty Images Before its website closed down, SK:N said it had “the largest network of specialist skin care clinics in the UK” One of Britain’s largest plastic surgery providers, which had more than 70 branches across the UK, has collapsed. Customers calling SK:N Clinics’ main […]
A cascading computer outage that grounded planes, stymied hospitals and disrupted critical public services exposed the depth of the global economy’s dependence on a single company: Microsoft. Regulators and lawmakers across the political spectrum raised alarm that the sprawling outage that knocked out Windows showcases the danger of so much power concentrating into one firm, […]
The chancellor has hinted that she may give public sector workers above-inflation pay rises this summer. after independent pay review bodies recommended an increase of 5.5% for teachers and some NHS workers. In her first interview from No 11 Downing Street, she said: “I really value public service workers, in our schools, in our hospitals, […]
The telling bit in the video of Enzo Fernandez and other Argentinian players singing a racist song about France following their victory in the Copa America final is the voice you can hear just at the end. “Corta (el) vivo,” someone says — “stop the live stream.” They know. They know what they’re saying. They […]
This week, Israel’s government announced that starting Sunday, it would begin conscripting ultra-Orthodox Jewish men for the first time in the country’s 76-year history. The statement came more than a month after Israel’s Supreme Court ruled unanimously that the military was to begin enlisting ultra-Orthodox men into the army, upending a longstanding political arrangement that […]
Please note that we are not authorised to provide any investment advice. The content on this page is for information purposes only. Lloyds Bank Group plans to transform old data centers and former office locations into fresh social housing initiatives. The Group wants to find suitable housing allies in the areas who will manage the […]
Disruption to GPs caused by a global IT outage may continue into the coming week, NHS England has said. A spokesman for the health service told the BBC that digital systems for GPs and pharmacies had been restored “in most areas” – but that surgeries would have to work through a backlog of appointments. Practices […]
12 minutes ago By Alan Haslam, @Al_Haslam, Journalist, Longform Investigations BBC Will Mellor played a leading role in ITV drama Mr Bates vs the Post Office The night before Will Mellor was offered a part in a TV drama about a scandal at the Post Office, he was thinking about giving up acting altogether. He had been a […]
Scientists have for the first time discovered a cave on the Moon. At least 100m deep, it could be an ideal place for humans to build a permanent base, they say. It is just one in probably hundreds of caves hidden in an “underground, undiscovered world”, according to the researchers. Countries are racing to establish […]