SHOPPING chaos has hit one of the UK’s most iconic department stores as staff stage a strike in the crucial run up to Christmas. Harrods staff from the retail, restaurant, kitchen and cleaning departments will walk out on December 21, 22 and 26. 2 Workers from London’s luxury department store are… Shopping chaos hits iconic … Read more
BRITS are set to be hit by New Year’s Eve chaos as workers on Avanti West Coast trains are set to strike. Strikes are set to take place on December 31, January 2 and all Sundays from 12 January to 25 May, 2025, the rail operator has announced. 1 Avanti West coast has suspended ticket … Read more
A PLANNED strike over Christmas and New Year by fuel tanker drivers at Edinburgh Airport has been called off, their employer has said. Unite the union announced last week that tanker drivers from plane refuelling-firm North Air would start a 19-day strike on December 18. 3 A planned strike over… Edinburgh Airport Christmas strikes called … Read more
SCHOOL attendance is in the spotlight due to alarming absence rates. But while it’s easy for ministers and council officials to tut-tut about this trend, they need to take a good look at themselves for fuelling an explosion in pupils bunking off. 7 An alarming number of Scotland’s schoolkids are… Scottish schools absence rates are … Read more
PASSENGERS face Christmas travel hell as Labour’s bumper pay deal for train drivers looks set to ramp up staff shortages. Rail minister Lord Hendy admitted concerns over looming disruption as train operators scramble to fill shifts. 2 Many are refusing to work Sundays after a huge pay rise from former Transport Secretary Louise HaighCredit: Getty … Read more
Travellers warned of Xmas train chaos on busy Glasgow route as staff set to strike …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>> RAIL staff on a busy Glasgow train route are set to strike over Christmas. Train managers at Avanti West Coast are to strike in a dispute over rest day working. 5 Avanti train managers will be … Read more
Fears Bucks Fizz could RUN OUT this Christmas due to ‘severe shortage’ of orange juice as chiefs issue warning …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>> FEARS are bubbling to the surface that Bucks Fizz could run out this Christmas due to a “severe juice shortage.” The festive favourite might face production issues as juice factory workers in … Read more
France is crumbling, crippled by strikes and riddled with debt, PM’s resignation is a total humiliation for Macron …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>> TODAY, dignitaries from across the world will gather to marvel at the gleaming restoration of Paris’s magnificent Notre Dame Cathedral. But as French President Emmanuel Macron proudly shows off the £580million rebuild, his … Read more
Is the Elizabeth line down? London Underground status and strike updates for Paddington to Abbey Wood route …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>> OPENED by the late Queen in 2022, the Elizabeth Line connects Reading with Essex via London. While it generally gets commuters to their destinations in a fraction of the time of other routes available, … Read more
Shock survey reveals thousands of Police Scotland pay dispute cops feel ‘under-paid and under valued’ …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>> THOUSANDS of pay dispute cops say the force doesn’t have enough bodies to do the job right – according to a new survey that makes grim reading for top brass. A staggering 27 per cent of … Read more