Bouncing back: Median basic pay stabilises after worst year in a decade August 19, 2021 Median basic pay increases between May and July 2021 were worth 2 per cent, unchanged on the figure seen in each of the three previous rolling quarters. However, this is a welcome stabilisation on pay after the median pay award fell to nil in the same period a year ago, according to data from legal compliance platform XpertHR, [...]
Chaos in Kabul: watch how US soldiers help Afghan women over airport wall August 19, 2021 Footage showed American soldiers helping a little girl and a woman over a wall at Kabul Airport. Watch the full report.
Three people arrested for opening fire into large crowd in Camden August 19, 2021 A man and two teenagers have been arrested by police investigating a shooting at a barbecue. Four people were injured when up to five males “indiscriminately” fired a weapon into a large crowd during the event in Clarence Gardens in Camden, north-west London, on Saturday. Officers arrested a 22-year-old man on suspicion of possession of [...]
Londoners ‘disgusted’ by fashion industry abuses but lack money to shop ethically August 19, 2021 London consumers feel strong negative emotions about fashion industry exploitation, and that they want the industry cleaned up so they can enjoy shopping without guilt. More than two-thirds (68 per cent) of Brits taking part in a new survey that was shared with City A.M. felt either ‘disgusted’ ‘sad’ or ‘angry’ about the fact that [...]
Not going anywhere: Dominic Raab rejects calls to resign amid outrage over treatment of Afghan translators August 19, 2021 Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has rejected calls to quit after opposition leaders demanded he be sacked for failing to make a call to help translators flee Afghanistan. The Foreign Secretary was reportedly “unavailable” when officials in his department suggested he “urgently” call Afghan foreign minister Hanif Atmar on Friday – two days before the Taliban [...]
Eurostar ramping up services as London-Europe bookings jump by 98 per cent August 19, 2021 Eurostar has announced it is expanding its timetable due to growing demand for cross-Channel travel. The rail operator will run eight daily return services from 6 September until 1 November. Five trains will run in each direction between London and Paris. Three return services will operate on the London-Brussels route, one of which will be [...]
Covid research suggests Coronavirus antibody levels fall rapidly in older people August 19, 2021 While most adults in the UK are likely to have Covid-19 antibodies, levels are dropping rapidly among older age groups, new figures suggest. The presence of coronavirus antibodies suggests someone has had the infection in the past or has been vaccinated. It takes between two and three weeks after infection or vaccination for the body [...]
Veolia lures HGV drivers with £1,500 sign-on bonus as shortage swells to 100,000 August 19, 2021 French multinational Veolia told City A.M. this afternoon it is offering a £1,500 bonus for HGV drivers to join its waste collection operations across London. The move comes as businesses across the country are experiencing a drop in trained HGV drivers due to a combination of factors from Brexit, Covid-19 and a testing backlog. The [...]
Watch him explain: Afghan President Ghani defends decision to flee August 19, 2021 Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, speaking from exile in the United Arab Emirates, said that he had left Kabul to prevent bloodshed. His comments come as US President Joe Biden says US troops may stay in Afghanistan beyond the 31 August deadline. Watch the full report.
British sales rep a LinkedIn sensation after leaving £100k job to become postman August 18, 2021 A Briton who went viral on LinkedIn after swapping a high-paying career to become a postman has said “Covid has made people value the simple things in life”. Phil Goddard, 56, from Orwell in Cambridgeshire, left behind decades in sales and account management after going through furlough and redundancy in 2020. In September last year [...]
