Low pay and precarious employment: How the beauty industry scars young women for life August 31, 2014 The career prospects of young women are being hindered by their tendency to apply to oversubscribed and often poorly paid jobs in industries such as hair and beauty, according to a report by the Young Women's Trust. Called “Scarred for life?”, it shows that there are currently 418,000 women in England aged 18-24 who [...]
Putin wants to negotiate “statehood” of southeast Ukraine August 31, 2014 As Europe gets ready to place more sanctions on Russia, Vladimir Putin has called for the “statehood” of southeast Ukraine to be negotiated. In a TV interview, the Russian President said: “We must immediately begin substantive, meaningful negotiations, not on technical questions but on questions of the political structure of society and of the [...]
Billionaires battle it out to build London’s super-sewer August 31, 2014 Tycoons from across the world are bidding to build a £4.2bn “super-sewer” that will travel under the heart of London. The Thames Tideway tunnel, which will be 12.5 miles long and wide enough to accommodate three double-decker buses, is considered to be one of the UK's biggest infrastructure projects. The project will funded [...]
Will the Iceland volcano erupt again? Aviation alert raised following new emission near Bardarbunga August 31, 2014 Iceland has issued a new aviation alert following a small eruption close to the Bardarbunga volcano. Lava was emitted from the volcano in the Holuhraun lava field, about three miles north of the vast Dyngjujoekull glacier, at 6am this morning. In response, the aviation warning code was raised to red and airspace in [...]
Ebola spreads to Senegal August 29, 2014 The Ebola epidemic has reached a fifth West African country. Senegal's Ministry of Health confirmed its first case of of the disease today, which puts Senegal alongside Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Nigeria in the list of countries affected by the outbreak. The infected person was a young man from Guinea, according to [...]
Terror threat level in UK raised to “severe” August 29, 2014 Home secretary Theresa May has said that the threat of international terror to the UK is “severe”; the fourth highest of five levels. This means that a new terror attack in the country is “highly likely”. She added, however, that there was no intelligence to suggest that an attack would be imminent. The [...]
Disease: The biggest killers don’t receive the most donations August 29, 2014 The ice bucket challenge has taken social media by storm. Endless videos of people throwing ice over their heads have flooded our computer screens, and all in the name of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS); a type of motorneurone disease that leads to between 5,000 and 6,000 deaths in the US each year. Every time [...]
West African ministers call for an end to Ebola travel bans August 29, 2014 Ministers in West Africa have called for Ebola-related travel bans in the region to be lifted. At a meeting of the Economic Community of West African States in Ghana, they said the bans, imposed to limit the spread of the Ebola virus, were causing food and supply shortages. "Excessive restrictions of travel and [...]
Japan’s economy stalls in July as spending falls August 29, 2014 Have Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's "three arrows" have missed their target? Japan's economy stagnated in July, as household spending dropped and wages fell. According to official data released this morning, inflation remained unchanged compared to June, while the consumer price index rose by 3.3 per cent. The increase was largely the result [...]
Barack Obama: Russia to blame for violence in Ukraine August 29, 2014 Barack Obama has blamed Russia for the violence taking place in eastern Ukraine. As tensions escalate between the Ukrainian government and pro-Russian rebels, the US President said that “deep Russian involvement” was the cause of fighting. "There is no doubt that this is not a home-grown, indigenous uprising in eastern Ukraine," he said [...]
