Fears home-working could grind to a halt as 45,000 BT workers are balloted for the phone giant’s first national strike since 1987 Communications Workers Union says 45,000 could go on strike later this year Dispute over compulsory redundancies and site closures been going for a year It would be first since 1987 when 117,000 walked … Read more
BT boss Philip Jansen hit by threat of strike chaos: Furious union launches ballot over chief’s plan to cut jobs – and it could cripple broadband The Communication Workers Union represents 45,000 BT staff It will kick off the formal legal process to ballot members for the telecom giant’s first national strike since 1987 The … Read more
Drone strike on Saudi site sends oil to two-year high: Iran-backed rebels target Aramco HQ By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 22:17 GMT, 8 March 2021 | Updated: 22:17 GMT, 8 March 2021 Oil prices rose to their highest levels in almost two years following an attack on a huge crude facility in … Read more
The sky above an erupting volcano in Indonesia has turned a stunning electric purple during a lightning storm. Spectacular images captured the spectacle as Mount Sinabung in Karo, North Sumatra, continued to spew a column of ash and smoke up to 16,400ft (5km) into the sky as lightning bolts crackled above. Sinabung leapt back into life … Read more
Court workers’ union votes to go on strike over Covid safety concerns – despite backlog of almost 500,000 unheard cases Members of the Public and Commercial Services union backed industrial action The union has been calling for courts to be closed, and reopened with testing PCS general secretary it was caused by bosses refusal to … Read more
Militant teachers call for strike to disrupt plan for all children to return to school on March 8 Martin Powell-Davies said school chiefs will be acting ‘recklessly’ if they reopen He has urged the National Education Union to join his plans for the strike Argues schools should be reopened in phases and class sizes should … Read more
Before-and-after satellite images have revealed the devastation caused to a Syrian militia compound by the first military action of President Biden’s administration. The US dropped seven 500lbs bombs on the site – which was used by two Iranian-backed Shia militia groups – killing an estimated 22 fighters. Images taken before the blast shows the large … Read more
A British father-of-one tried to break out of a quarantine hotel near London Heathrow Airport this morning and has gone on hunger strike after claiming he is being held there ‘under duress’, MailOnline can reveal. Anthony Pium, 30, from Leyton, East London, was involved in an angry confrontation with security guards as he tried to … Read more
London film director who flew to Israel on private plane stages hunger strike to protest being quarantined in £240-a-night hotel at government’s expense Dekel Berenson, 41, said the Israeli government’s Covid response was ‘abysmal’ Israeli-born Berenson travelled from Cyprus where he said he had isolated for 11 months and insisted he should have been allowed … Read more
Mining giants promised bumper payouts to investors after a surge in commodity prices that has fuelled talk of a new ‘supercycle’. BHP will pay shareholders a record half-year dividend of 72p per share after a rally in iron ore prices helped profits rise 17 per cent to £7billion. It means that the world’s biggest miner … Read more