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He's been General Secretary of the RMT Union since 2021 Mick Lynch has announced his retirement as general secretary of the country’s biggest rail workers’ union. The 63-year-old, who was elected general secretary of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) in 2021, has led the union through a series of pay strikes over the past two years. He has held a number of posts in the RMT after working […]

The UK must use “our sharpest diplomatic weapons to help restore control” to borders, David Lammy has said. Plans for sanctions on the finances of people-smuggling networks will “prevent, combat, deter and disrupt irregular migration”, the Foreign Secretary told an event in London on Thursday as he called the work of his department – the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) – “critical” in tackling the issue. It comes as […]

The Brighton forward injured his ankle in training on Wednesday Brighton forward Joao Pedro will miss Saturday’s FA Cup third-round tie at Norwich after undergoing scans on an ankle injury. The Brazil international, who scored the Seagulls’ equaliser in last weekend’s 1-1 Premier League draw against Arsenal, sustained the issue in training on Wednesday. Albion will assess top scorer Danny Welbeck ahead of the trip to Carrow Road but head […]

They have revealed they will be facing a £120 million hit to its wage bill The boss of Marks & Spencer has insisted he will pass on “as little as possible” in costs to customers, but that mitigating rising employment taxes will not be easy. M&S, which has already revealed it will be facing a £120 million hit to its wage bill from recent Budget measures, said it would look […]

The company say they are having to pass through some higher costs to customers Prices of Greggs products including sausage rolls, coffee and doughnuts have risen as the bakery chain said it was having to pass through some higher costs to customers. The national price of its traditional sausage roll has risen by 5p to £1.30, although this will vary in locations across the country. Greggs’ chief executive Roisin Currie […]

Medics have revealed how long a person can expect to live after being diagnosed with dementia. Survival rates range between two and nine years on average, the study suggests. Various factors appear to contribute to life expectancy after diagnosis, with age playing a key part. The study also explored how long people could expect to live at home before moving to a nursing home. Researchers examined all studies between 1984 […]

Britons reach for their mobile phone as soon as they wake up – with spikes in network traffic detected immediately after 6am, 7am and 8am, figures show. Millions of people pick up their phone on the hour – likely when most alarms are set for – and begin scrolling, Virgin Media O2 data suggests. A separate survey for the operator found that more than a third of Britons (35%) are […]

Telecoms giant BT has announced a huge order for thousands of new electric vehicles. The company said the 3,500 new vehicles is the UK’s largest ever commercial electric vehicle fleet order, which will support the upgrade of broadband and mobile networks. BT Group said the move will mean it has the largest fleet of electric vehicles (EVs) in the UK, with nearly 8,000 by the time the company’s latest order […]

Food prices will rise by an average of 4.2% in the latter half of the year as retailers battle £7 billion of increased costs from the Budget, the industry has warned. British Retail Consortium (BRC) chief executive Helen Dickinson said modelling by the trade association and industry chiefs said there was “little hope of prices going anywhere but up” as retailers faced higher national insurance (NI), National Living Wage and […]