Armed Forces
The Bakers Union and MP’s are again demanding that Orchard House Food pay the workers, at their recently closed Gateshead plant, the redundancy payments they are owed before Christmas. As things stand the company, that supplies the likes of Marks and Spencer and Pret A Manger, and which is a going concern with a factory still… Read more »
The UK’s largest shooting organisation, the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC), has condemned an incident in the Yorkshire Dales where a nest of hen harrier chicks is suspected of being deliberately destroyed by human activity. North Yorkshire Police is calling for anyone with information about the incident near Whernside earlier this year to… Read more »
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William Hague has said the government needs to review its current operations and exit strategy in Iraq in light of mounting bloodshed. The shadow foreign secretary said a “careful reassessment” of the military’s role in reconstructing the troubled Middle Eastern country was needed, because it could be disastrous for Iraqis if further mistakes are made…. Read more »
Tony Blair has announced that British troops will be treated at a military-managed wing in a Birmingham NHS hospital. The prime minister said 12 soldiers were already in the Selly Oak and Queen Elizabeth hospitals, which also house the Royal Centre for Defence Medicine. Mr Blair had previously rejected calls for a return to dedicated… Read more »
