Delivery driver becomes ‘first worker in Britain to be sacked for refusing to wear a mask’

A delivery driver is believed to be the first worker in Britain sacked for refusing to wear a face mask during the pandemic – inside his lorry. Deimantas Kubilius was fired following the incident two months into the first national lockdown in 2020, and has now lost a subsequent legal battle against the dismissal. The … Read more

Delivery driver becomes ‘first worker in Britain to be sacked for refusing to wear a mask’

A delivery driver is believed to be the first worker in Britain sacked for refusing to wear a face mask during the pandemic – inside his lorry. Deimantas Kubilius was fired following the incident two months into the first national lockdown in 2020, and has now lost a subsequent legal battle against the dismissal. The … Read more

Inside hotel quarantine: Gym worker from Brazil shares her journey from ‘red list’ country to UK

A gym worker from Brazil has shared her hotel quarantine journey after travelling from the ‘red list’ country to the UK yesterday. Maria Eugênia Oliveira, 34, filmed as she waited at the airport, arrived at the hotel lobby and even offered a tour of her room at the Radisson Blu Edwardian Hotel in Heathrow. The … Read more

Scottish construction worker is pushed into a muddy puddle

Hilarious moment digger driver shoves workman into freezing cold muddy puddle on Scottish building site Greig Roger filmed the moment his brother Kyle was pushed into a dirty puddle The pair were working on a building site in Milngavie, East Dunbartonshire  One of their colleagues used the digger to push Kyle into the puddle  By … Read more

Royal Mail worker suspended for telling OAP he was ‘too knackered’ to help when she fell in snow 

This is the ‘arrogant’ postman who claimed he was ‘too knackered’ to help a frail pensioner who fell in the snow. Thomas McCafferty has been suspended by the Royal Mail for refusing to assist Patricia Stewart, 72, when she lost her footing and fell down her icy front steps as she tried to collect a … Read more

Royal Mail worker suspended for telling OAP he was ‘too knackered’ to help when she fell in snow 

This is the ‘arrogant’ postman who claimed he was ‘too knackered’ to help a frail pensioner who fell in the snow. Thomas McCafferty has been suspended by the Royal Mail for refusing to assist Patricia Stewart, 72, when she lost her footing and fell down her icy front steps as she tried to collect a … Read more

Melbourne hotel quarantine worker is confirmed to have highly-contagious UK strain of Covid-19

Melbourne hotel quarantine worker is confirmed to have highly-contagious UK strain of Covid – forcing over 100 of her close contacts into isolation Melbourne hotel quarantine worker has contracted the UK strain of Covid-19  Tested positive after shift on Sunday at the Holiday Inn at Melbourne Airport Those forced into isolation include 12 ADF workers … Read more

Melbourne hotel quarantine worker is confirmed to have highly-contagious UK strain of Covid-19

Melbourne hotel quarantine worker is confirmed to have highly-contagious UK strain of Covid – forcing over 100 of her close contacts into isolation Melbourne hotel quarantine worker has contracted the UK strain of Covid-19  Tested positive after shift on Sunday at the Holiday Inn at Melbourne Airport Those forced into isolation include 12 ADF workers … Read more

Moment worker tells police officer to ‘get the f*** out’ of lockdown-flouting cafe

This is the moment a police officer is told to ‘get the f*** out’ of a Polish cafe packed with ‘100 lockdown-flouting customers’ before he appears to punch the worker after apparently resisting arrest. Video footage first emerged yesterday of the incident at the cafe in Burnage, Manchester, where officers were called around noon after … Read more

India glacier collapse: Worker is rescued alive from a tunnel

Survivors of India’s glacier disaster hung onto scaffolding for four hours to stay afloat after floodwater came rushing into tunnels in scenes ‘like a Hollywood movie’, it emerged today as rescuers raced against time to save dozens of workers from an underground shaft.  After a chunk of glacier snapped off in the Himalayas on Sunday, … Read more