Emergency services have declared a major incident following an explosion which destroyed a terraced property. Nottinghamshire Police says officers were called to John Street in Worksop just before 20:00 BST on Saturday. Multiple properties on the street have been evacuated, and fire crews, police officers and ambulances are at the scene. There is no confirmation...
A major incident has been declared by Birmingham City Council over the ongoing bin strikes, which has left 17,000 tonnes of waste on the streets . Council leader John Cotton said the action had been taken in response to rising concerns about public health as the authority struggles to clear the rubbish. Read full article...
Chronically ill and disabled activists and allies took to the streets on Saturday 22 March against the Labour Party’s planned brutal cuts to their benefits. Protesters mobilised across the country in 14 locations to call out the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) disgraceful move to slash social security for sick and disabled people to meet...
A national hydraulics company has been fined almost £100,000 after an employee’s legs were trapped in a machine led to one being amputated. David Lawrence, 63, an engineer for Pearson Hydraulics Ltd, was working in Plymouth on 26 July 2023 when he was trapped when a cutting bed of the machine he was using dropped....