Rail union warns of national strike unless 2m rule kept on trains

The Prime Minister has announced a series of changes to the lockdown in England from July 4. Here is how the alterations will affect people’s lives: Do we have to keep to being two metres apart? No. For people not from the same household it is now ‘one metre-plus’. The ‘plus’ element is what the … Read more

Teaching union tells MPs that Year 11 pupils have been neglected and need urgent help to catch up

Teaching union warns Year 11 pupils have been ‘neglected’ after their GCSEs were cancelled due to coronavirus and need urgent help to stop them falling further behind Year 11 pupils are not a priority for schools, says leading education figure David Hughes of the Association of Colleges lectured MPs about school strategy Year 11 students … Read more

Teaching union tells MPs that Year 11 pupils have been neglected and need urgent help to catch up

Teaching union warns Year 11 pupils have been ‘neglected’ after their GCSEs were cancelled due to coronavirus and need urgent help to stop them falling further behind Year 11 pupils are not a priority for schools, says leading education figure David Hughes of the Association of Colleges lectured MPs about school strategy Year 11 students … Read more

Laura Marling at Union Chapel review: ‘It’s a thrill to hear live music again’

‘It’s a thrill to hear live music again’ – Laura Marling’s intimate lockdown gig at the Union Chapel gives a glimmer of hope to the whole arts world By Tim De Lisle for Event Magazine Published: 22:01 BST, 13 June 2020 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 13 June 2020 Laura Marling            … Read more

Gabrielle Union to star in Netflix romantic comedy film The Perfect Find

Gabrielle Union to star in Netflix romantic comedy film The Perfect Find By Kevin Kayhart For Dailymail.com Published: 07:48 BST, 13 June 2020 | Updated: 07:48 BST, 13 June 2020 Gabriel Union has been cast in the lead role for upcoming romantic comedy film The Perfect Find, that is slated to premiere on Netflix. Stuart … Read more

Gabrielle Union options George M. Johnson’s best-selling memoir All Boys Aren’t Blue for a TV series

Gabrielle Union options George M. Johnson’s best-selling memoir All Boys Aren’t Blue for a TV series By Brian Gallagher For Dailymail.com Published: 04:54 BST, 12 June 2020 | Updated: 04:57 BST, 12 June 2020 Gabrielle Union has optioned the television rights to George M. Johnson’s best-selling memoir All Boys Aren’t Blue. The 47-year-old actress and … Read more

Union battles British Airways owner over its £890bn bid for Air Europa

Unite union battles British Airways owner over its £890bn bid for Spanish airline Air Europa By James Salmon for the Daily Mail Published: 21:51 BST, 10 June 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 10 June 2020 The owner of British Airways has been referred by trade union leaders to the European competition watchdog over its 1bn … Read more

Union vows to strike over plan for volunteer ‘army’ to hand out free face masks on London Tubes

Railway workers could strike over government plans for an ‘army’ of volunteers handing out free masks on the London Underground. Wearing face coverings on public transport will be mandatory by June 15, but the RMT union says the volunteer policy, announced by transport secretary Grant Shapps, was made without consulting staff and is considering taking … Read more

Three in 10 negative coronavirus tests may be wrong, a doctors’ union warns 

Three in 10 negative coronavirus tests may be wrong, which doctors fear could fuel the spread of the disease in hospitals. The Hospital Consultants and Specialists Association (HCSA) says between two and three people who have Covid-19 may test negative.  This is dangerous because it means the patients may go outside and spread the virus … Read more

ANDREW PIERCE: Schools union rewrites the rules on impartiality 

Militant leaders of the National Education Union make it clear they will stop at nothing to prevent schools opening on June 1, using often spurious claims about ‘elf ’n’ safety’ and filing a list of 169 sometimes ludicrous demands to be met before they will consider a return. This is despite widespread fears of the … Read more