UK private sector growth has slowed to a new 18-month low after factories were hit by “waning customer demand”, according to new data. The closely followed S&P Global/CIPS flash UK composite purchasing managers index (PMI) report showed a reading of 50.9 for August, declining from 52.1 last month. Anything above 50 is considered growth. It…
Raab Blames Barristers Over Strike as Victims’ Commissioner Warns Knife Crime Could Rise
The government minister in charge of the courts in England and Wales has accused barristers of “holding justice to ransom” after they voted to stage an all-out strike next month. On Monday the Criminal Bar Association (CBA), which has been staging periodic strikes since June, announced its members had voted to withdraw their labour altogether…
Girl, 9, Shot Dead in Liverpool by Gunman Who Chased Stranger Into Her Home
Detectives say a 9-year-old girl who was shot dead in Liverpool on Monday night was killed when a man, who was being chased by a gunman, forced his way into her home. Merseyside Police Chief Constable Serena Kennedy said Olivia Pratt-Korbel was killed and her mother, Cheryl, was wounded when the gunman fired at the…
New Treatment May Help Cancer Patients Who Are Resistant to Immunotherapy: Study
August 23, 2022
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A new treatment may bring back hope for cancer patients who had become resistant to immunotherapy, a new study from the United Kingdom suggests. Immunotherapy is a mode of cancer treatment that aims to boost the body’s own immune system to target and kill cancer cells and is employed when other options such as surgery,…
Downing Street Says UK Homes and Businesses Will Have Enough Energy This Winter
There’s no need for households and businesses in the UK to panic over energy supplies this winter, Downing Street said on Monday. It comes as the squeeze on gas supplies in Europe has helped fuel rocketing inflation and driven up household bills, with analysts expecting the energy price cap to rise to £3,554 in October….
UK Supply Chain Will Be ‘Severely Disrupted’ by Felixstowe Port Strike, Union Says
The UK’s supply chain “will be severely disrupted,” a union official said on Monday as the strike at the country’s largest container port enters the second day. Some 1,900 Unite members at the Port of Felixstowe, around three-quarters of the port’s workforce, started an eight-day strike on Sunday in a dispute over pay after the union rejected…
Union Says UK Supply Chain Will Be ‘Severely Disrupted’ by Felixstowe Port Strike
The UK’s supply chain “will be severely disrupted,” a union official said on Monday as the strike at the country’s largest container port enters the second day. Some 1,900 Unite members at the Port of Felixstowe, around three-quarters of the port’s workforce, started an eight-day strike on Sunday in a dispute over pay after the union rejected…
UK Knife Crime Dipped During Pandemic but Blades Still Causing Mayhem
Heavyweight boxing champion Tyson Fury has called for “higher sentencing” for knife crime offenders after his cousin was stabbed to death at the weekend, but is knife crime really getting worse, and would longer sentences work? Rico Burton, 31, died in Manchester Royal Infirmary on Sunday after being stabbed in the early hours outside a…
UK Barristers Step up Industrial Action With Plan for All-Out Strike Next Month
Criminal barristers in England and Wales have voted to escalate their pay dispute with the government and walk out in an all-out strike next month. The Criminal Bar Association (CBA) started industrial action in June and have been on strike on alternate weeks since the beginning of August but they will commence an indefinite strike…
8-Day Strike Begins at UK’s Biggest Container Port
Union members at Felixstowe, Britain’s biggest container port, have gone on an eight-day strike in a dispute over pay, the first industrial action at the site in over 30 years. The port, which employs about 2,550 people, handles around 4 million containers from 2,000 ships each year, nearly half of the containerised freight entering the…
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