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My employer didn't believe I had coronavirus and tried to make me work

I developed a cough and fever last month and immediately felt fearful. Not because I was particularly worried about my own health if it was coronavirus, but because I was nervous about what my employer would say about me missing work. I work in the food processing industry and when I’ve taken time off work […]

Christmas holidays ‘will be extended by a week’ for some secondary pupils

Some secondary school pupils will reportedly get an extra week of Christmas holidays in January to allow for the rollout of mass Covid testing Education Secretary Gavin Williamson will announce the staggered return of different school years, with A-Level and GCSE students first to go back on January 4, The Telegraph reports. Primary school kids […]

EU granted permanent base inside UK as PM weakens in Brexit talks

Brexit: Expert says there is 'a lot of fudge room' in negotiations Brexit trade talks have been extended, but the possibility of a deal with the EU remains on a knife edge. While both camps have indicated that there has been progress, access to UK fishing waters could come to sink the possibility of an […]

All the areas heading into tier 3 restrictions from Saturday

Millions of people will go into England’s harshest coronavirus restrictions this week as Matt Hancock announced the results of the tier system review. Stating that cases were rising across the world, the Health Secretary told the Commons that a much wider area of the East and South East England would be placed into tier three […]

Police given £16billion cash injection to keep crime off our streets

Hackney: Police cordon off Stoke Newington School The funding package for 2021/22 includes £400million to replace the 20,000 officers who vanished from the frontline during a previous Conservative government. A total of £30million has also been earmarked to help forces step up Covid enforcement in the coming months. Home Secretary Priti Patel said: “I am […]

PC Andrew Harper: Appeal for killer’s sentence to be extended rejected

PC Andrew Harper: Lissie Harper ‘disappointed’ at verdict Three senior judges threw out Attorney General Suella Braverman’s challenge that jail terms handed to the three thugs were “unduly lenient”. Grieving Lissie Harper told of her dismay at the decision and said it means “these criminals will see the light of day far, far earlier than […]

Boris Johnson plotting £3.7BN project to rival Singapore as a shipping hub after Brexit

Brexit: Expert warns of retail ‘backlog’ at ports The Government is putting together proposals to overhaul UK shipping tax laws to enable more vessels, including oil rigs, to be classified as ships after Brexit, the Financial Times has reported. Industry bodies and unions have been briefed over the reform of the shipping industry’s tonnage tax […]