Day: February 1, 2023
Man pressed groin against woman and exposed himself in front of her child on Tube
February 1, 2023A man has been jailed after he pulled his trousers down and pressed his genitals against a mum while she was on the Tube with her daughter. Hasan Degirmenci, 34, was on a Piccadilly line train on December 2 last year when he committed the sexual assault. The woman and her 12-year-old daughter were about […]
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‘Hoarders’ starved four dogs to stop them defecating in their flat
February 1, 2023A ‘hoarder’ couple starved their four dogs as they did not want them to go to the toilet in their flat. Shuman Rashid, 49, and Suzanne Wimbledon, 42, neglected their large dogs to the extent they could barely walk. One dog, a Great Dane called Zsa Zsa, died in March last year after she collapsed in […]
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Strikers unite across England: ‘Our disputes may be separate but we have one aim’
February 1, 2023In what was billed as the biggest day of industrial action in a decade, a range of workers from teachers to train drivers, civil servants to university staff went on strike on Wednesday. Guardian reporters spoke to groups of people on picket lines and at demonstrations in Bristol, Birmingham and London. Bristol: ‘We need to […]
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London strikes latest: Teachers and train drivers join biggest walkout in a decade
February 1, 2023B ritain is facing strike chaos on Wednesday as up to half-a-million civil servants, teachers and train drivers walk out simultaneously in the most significant day of industrial action in a decade. Downing Street warned the public that the coordinated strikes would cause “significant disruption” as around half a million workers across the public sector […]
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What was the Hillsborough disaster? Police apologise for ‘profound failings’
February 1, 2023Fans were crushed in a bottleneck entering the stadium, with 760 further fans suffering injuries. The tragedy was largely attributed to mistakes made by the police, with recent apologies from the force due to their “profound failings” which have “continued to blight” relatives of victims. They further admitted “policing got it badly wrong” during and […]
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Half a million workers on strike in biggest day of industrial action in a decade
February 1, 2023T he biggest strike in a decade is under way, with up to half a million workers walking out in increasingly bitter disputes over pay, jobs and conditions. Members of seven trade unions are taking industrial action, affecting schools, universities, trains and buses. Thousands of schools closed for the day because of action by the […]
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Aidan Turner on his new West End show Lemons…, his ballroom dancing past and (not) returning to Poldark
February 1, 2023A idan Turner won’t thank me for this, but the answer to the question in your mind is yes, he really is that good looking. A rascally mix of easy laughter, Byronic hair and biceps, the 39-year-old, Dublin-born Poldark star is sprawled in a lordly divan-style chair in his dressing room at the Harold Pinter […]
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Teachers’ strike: Why are they striking and when are the February strikes?
February 1, 2023M ore than 100,000 teachers are will strike in February and March, in support of their demand for a fully funded, above-inflation wage increase. The Government declared last summer that starting salaries would increase by 8.9 per cent, while most teachers would receive pay increases of approximately five per cent. The National Education Union (NEU), which […]
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