Pub party for Council strike workers

A new way to strike which is far more relaxing than standing in the picket line...."Public sector workers due to strike next week in Northamptonshire UK, have defended their decision to visit a pub as part of their industrial action. Announcing next week's strike...

Johnson to raise minimum wage at City Hall

People trying to live on the minimum wage set by the Labour Government found it impossible to survive in London. The new Major has listened and proposes a dramatic pay increase which thousands of the lowest paid...

Number of new houses being built plummets nearly 60%

UK: Until mortgages become more affordable and available there will be less houses being built even with the Governments target of 2m new homes by 2016. Thousands of builders are being laid off as the housing slump starts to bite in earnest..."The number of new houses being...

Battersea to produce power again

Real Estate Opportunities, a London based property company announce a major green redevelopment of the 1939 built Art Deco Battersea Power Station. Numerous failed redevelopment plans from successive site owners have...

UK: Traders predict house prices will fall by 50% in four years

UK house prices will continue dropping until 2011 and only then will they start slowly rising. Leading UK building companies have already cut staff and fresh starts have been cancelled until present completed houses...

UK; Dentist forced to treat 99-year-old on street

A 99 year old lady was forced to have emergency dental treatment in a busy market street in Daventry, Northamptonshire, county in central England, due to her dentist premises not having adequate disabled access..." Mary Hedges, who uses a wheelchair, was unable to get...

Army chief: troops paid less than traffic wardens

A traffic warden's basic wage is £17,000. The basic starting salary for some soldiers is £12,572, and under new rates a serviceman or woman of private rank earns at least £16,227 plus a £2,320 tax-free...

High court shuts landbanking firm

It is probably every  investors worst nightmare: you pay thousands of pounds for a plot of land, which will get planning permission, only to find that the land did not get the permission and is worthless. "An illegal landbanking scheme which sold plots of land to...

Britain's roads 'littered with potholes' despite record taxes

Staples Corner Barnet, London, Gower Street, Camden, London WC1E, Avenue Road London NW8 and Edgware Road Barnet, London, are just a few of the roads in the capital which need resurfacing...."The Government has...

Towns triumph in broadband tests

Whilst London and the UK Cities are receiving relatively fast broadband connections, rural and village locations are getting anything but fast connections. As more rural areas have broadband than the cities it is...

Scientist: Humans Can See Into Future

If you can see a few seconds into the future, why not a few days or even years?"It's nothing like the alleged predictive powers of Nostradamus, but we do get a glimpse of events one-tenth of a second before they occur. And the mechanism behind that can also explain...

Mugged blindman speaks out

Manchester, England, UK. How low can you go? When they finally get their chance to go before the court lets hope they receive some Psychological Help"MUGGERS robbed a blind man as he made his way home after a night out. Social worker Martin Conway, 40, spoke of his ordeal...

Inquiry recommends that volunteering be recognised as job-seeking activity

United Kingdom: Changes to "inflexible" unemployment benefit rules so that volunteering is recognised as a legitimate job-seeking activity. It will also help young  people who have to leave or defer studies due...

What's happening to London house prices?

As stocks of unsold properties pile up, and 3 million new homes are on the drawing board for development, prices are likely to come down with a big bump, unless you can afford a £5 million or above property, where...

Gordon Brown personally liable for millions of Tony Blair's debt

Labour have committed us to a level of debt that few can comprehend. The possibility that party officials and NEC members could also become personally liable for the debt are a real possibility..."Gordon Brown and...

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