If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Winston Churchill was behind the first labour exchanges, which opened on 1 February 1910, and a new exhibition in Hackney, London, celebrates their historyThere were just 62 labour exchanges when they were first introduced on 1 February, 1910. Then, children [...]
The Chilcot inquiry summoned Tony Blair last week to establish facts for the historical record. But Mr Blair turned up to win history’s approval, its gratitude even. The result was pure theatre; the fluent former prime minister was given the stage and the cues. He performed.The questioning was neither forensic nor consistent enough to disturb [...]
Seemingly divided Unite bosses and an ever-tough BA boss are set to make the imminent peace talks more difficultThe Union LeadersTONY WOODLEY and Derek Simpson are the key trade union figures in the BA cabin crew dispute as the joint general secretaries of Unite. The union has nearly two million members, brought together by the [...]
A report into the management of hospitals in Mid Staffordshire will highlight a culture of secrecy about poor working conditions that may have contributed to more than 1,000 patients dyingA hospital trust branded the worst in Britain by the NHS regulator actively discouraged staff from expressing fears about the safety of patients, an independent inquiry [...]
Report blames misguided local authorities for sidelining adoption agenciesMore than 1,000 children are trapped in England’s care system because local authorities wrongly believe that seeking the help of the voluntary sector to recruit adoptive parents is more expensive than trying to place children themselves, according to a report published tomorrow.Local authorities are also deliberately delaying [...]
A new wave of biopics and rockumentaries – including films about Blur, the White Stripes and Muse – leads the attack on “the blandest of the bland”A backlash has begun against the stranglehold that television talent shows have on the British music industry. Films about rock history are the first line of attack, according to [...]
Peugeot Citroën to recall about 90,000 cars made in the Czech Republic at factory it shares with crisis-struck ToyotaPeugeot Citroën, Europe’s second-biggest carmaker, yesterday announced a recall of about 90,000 cars manufactured at its plant in the Czech Republic amid concerns they may have faulty accelerator pedals.The company said it had decided to withdraw some [...]
Biographer reveals extraordinary life of Simon Hatley, the sailor who inspired Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s famous poemThe man behind the Ancient Mariner, the unsettling character who holds a wedding guest spellbound with his “glittering eye” in Coleridge’s poem, has been unearthed by a writer from Shropshire.Robert Fowke has traced the sailor and privateer whose story inspired [...]
Soldiers from the Coldstream Guards have completed a 425-mile charity march on a route first taken 350 years ago.
Kent police investigate a rugby game in which a player was blinded in one eye when he was allegedly gouged by an opponent.