The new investment follows plant closures at Ford’s UK operations last year. As the economic crisis led to a slump in new vehicle sales, the US car firm closed a factory in Southampton, which had been producing transit vans for 40 years, moving production to Turkey, where the company said labour costs were significantly lower. … [Read more...] about Ford reverses UK cuts with new jobs at Dagenham plant
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U-turns: new England lockdown is latest in series
Bereavement scheme for NHS staff extended After criticism that care workers, cleaners and porters were being excluded from a Home Office scheme granting families of foreign health workers indefinite leave to remain in the UK if their loved ones died of Covid-19, the government announced an extension of the scheme on 20 May. … [Read more...] about U-turns: new England lockdown is latest in series
COVID vaccines likely effective against new variants, say health experts
Germany's vaccination campaign has been criticized for being too slow and undersupplied. However, with Moderna's vaccine added to Germany's supply this week, and BioNTech-Pfizer announcing an increased production target of 1.3 billion doses, the German Health Minister Jens Spahn said Thursday that Germany will have the pandemic under control by the end of the year. … [Read more...] about COVID vaccines likely effective against new variants, say health experts
I hate Lucy! On screen, she was America’s sweetheart. But off it, Lucille Ball was a violent monster and her husband a philandering alcoholic. As a new film tells their story, TOM LEONARD looks back on her turbulent life
Richard Burton never got over Ball reprimanding him for mumbling his lines. 'She is a monster of staggering charmlessness and monumental lack of humour,' he wrote in his diaries. 'After tonight I shall make a point of never seeing her again . . . She can thank her lucky stars that I am not drinking. There is a chance that I might have killed her.' … [Read more...] about I hate Lucy! On screen, she was America’s sweetheart. But off it, Lucille Ball was a violent monster and her husband a philandering alcoholic. As a new film tells their story, TOM LEONARD looks back on her turbulent life
Sizewell C: government reignites £20bn nuclear power station row
But environmental campaigners, including Greenpeace, have warned that nuclear reactors are “unnecessary” and expensive compared with renewable energy combined with battery storage technology. The community group Stop Sizewell added that the reactor posed a risk to the natural habitats along the Suffolk coast and the nearby Minsmere nature reserve. … [Read more...] about Sizewell C: government reignites £20bn nuclear power station row
