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Rail strikes might happen at Commonwealth games says expert Sign up for our news briefing, including a daily special Russia-Ukraine edition SUBSCRIBE Invalid email We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Mick Lynch, general secretary of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT), said negotiations over pay, jobs and conditions were the "toughest" the union had ever been involved in. RMT members have staged three strikes over the row which crippled services. No new strikes have been set and talks have been continuing between the union, Network Rail, and the train operators. Related articles Police officer faces hearing for 'leg-sweeping' handcuffed woman Five hospitalised by terrifying e-bike fire as blaze ravages house But … [Read more...] about Rail industry expert exposes key dates railway workers set to unleash more travel chaos

City banks defy Brussels to out-earn French rivals PM urged to back bid for factory at heart of Britain’s food supply FTSE 100 rises 1pc Matthew Lynn: Biden’s global tax plan is sinking rapidly — and good riddance Sign up here for our daily business briefing newsletter T he Kremlin is poised to cut future spending plans by £24bn as Western sanctions against Russia bite. Defence, technology and transport budgets are all set to be trimmed, according to Russian media. More than 1.6 trillion roubles, or £24bn, has been slashed from the Russian state budget over the next three years as Moscow braces for a two-year recession. Spending will be 557bn roubles (£8.2bn) lower in 2023 than previously approved plans, with similar cuts pencilled in for the following two years. The budget tweaks are minor compared to the size of Moscow’s overall budget but the figures are one of the first signs of the fiscal blow being dealt by the conflict in Ukraine. The 2023 … [Read more...] about Kremlin slashes spending by £24bn as West’s sanctions batter Russia

Published 19 May 2020 comments Comments Share close Share page Copy link About sharing There is a "desire" among companies to "get back to work", according to a business leader. But Paul Slevin, chair of the South Wales Chamber of Commerce, said firms would still face a "challenging time" and it was "over-optimistic" to think the economy would "just bounce back". Meanwhile, the plant director at Toyota's Deeside factory said it was "not under pressure" to hit its usual targets due to the lockdown. Staff can build engines in 44 seconds. But that is expected to be 10% slower since they returned to work last week and adopted new social distancing procedures. Tim Freeman, who is also deputy managing director of Toyota Manufacturing in the UK, said: "We're engaging with organisations such as the CBI ... but if there are other organisations who are interested to … [Read more...] about Coronavirus: Welsh manufacturers expect ‘gradual’ return

Rail strikes might happen at Commonwealth games says expert Sign up for our news briefing, including a daily special Russia-Ukraine edition SUBSCRIBE Invalid email We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Thousands of staff represented by train drivers’ union Aslef, the TSSA and the RMT could walk out over pay, conditions and job security. The RMT union has been striking for better pay and conditions (Image: Getty) There are growing concerns it could lead to the first national train drivers’ strike since 1995. Aslef is balloting drivers at 10 train companies over pay, jobs and conditions. Staff at three firms have backed action so far. Mick Whelan, general secretary of Aslef, said: “We believe (strikes) will have a massive effect. There … [Read more...] about Weeks of train CHAOS expected as rail unions threaten more strikes

by BRIG. GEN. WILLIAM C. MENNINGER, USA MILITARY psychiatry differs from civilian psychiatry in that the Army must be totally responsible for a man — not only for his food and clothing, but especially for his ability to participate in his particular mission. Consequently, when a man did not fulfill his function, the Army had to find the cause and, if possible, remedy it. In many instances the cause lay in his personality and in his emotional difficulties. Since there is a human tendency to retreat into illness under stress, it was not surprising to find that many men became ill when they were unable to meet the demands of the new life. Military psychiatry differs also in quality from civilian psychiatry. In the Army much more effort and time are invested in a preventive psychiatryan attempt to keep men healthy and to seek out causes for poor morale. Until comparatively recently, the majority of civilian psychiatric patients had to be brought to the psychiatrist by relatives, … [Read more...] about Psychiatry and the War

1. Russian forces move onto Donetsk next after taking hold of entire Luhansk Ukrainian forces are today concentrating on defending Donetsk province in the eastern Donbas after Russia claimed to have taken control of neighbouring Luhansk. The Ukrainian General Staff said Russian forces were now focusing their efforts on pushing toward the line of Siversk, Fedorivka and Bakhmut in the Donetsk region, about half of which is controlled by Russia. The Russian army has also intensified its shelling of the key Ukrainian strongholds of Sloviansk and Kramatorsk, deeper in Donetsk. On Monday, President Vladimir Putin claimed victory in Luhansk province and ordered his forces to continue their offensive in eastern Ukraine, as the five-month-long war entered a new phase. It came a day after Ukrainian forces withdrew from the city of Lysychansk, their last remaining bulwark of resistance in the province. 2. Kharkiv under constant bombardment as Ukrainian troops rally to … [Read more...] about Ukraine war: Six key developments to know about from Tuesday

Published 1 hour ago Share close Share page Copy link About sharing Proposed new laws to ban a range of single-use plastics, improve air quality and reform agricultural support will be put before the Senedd over the next year, the first minister has said. There will also be bills on coal tip safety and to simplify the process for agreeing major infrastructure projects. Mark Drakeford said the "ambitious" plans had a "clear focus on Wales' stronger, fairer and greener future". Conservatives criticised a future plan to expand the Senedd. Single-use bags face axe in Wales plastics ban Low income communities breathe dirtier air - study Tory Welsh Parliamentary leader Andrew RT Davies said "rushing through" proposals to raise the number of Cardiff Bay politicians from 60 to 96 "shows just how out of touch Labour ministers are". While generally welcoming the Welsh … [Read more...] about Welsh laws: Plans for ‘fairer greener future’ , says Mark Drakeford

Valeria Perasso Published 2 October 2017 Share close Share page Copy link About sharing "We have a lot of yams, we just need buyers," says Rosalina Ballesteros. In Montes de Maria, the hilly region on the northern coast of Colombia where she lives and works, they had a particularly good harvest this year - but demand is low and yams are rotting. So the community put out a call for help - via YouTube. "We want to invite you to buy yams and help us," says the farmer in a 40-second video that went viral in Colombia. "Yams are good for arthritis, for constipation and during the menopause," her fellow female farmers-turned-YouTubers add enthusiastically, marketing their produce. Farmer Ainagul Abdrakhmanova, a 32-year-old mother-of-five, also asked for support, but in her case from a women's self-help group that gathers in her remote mountainous village in central Kyrgystan. … [Read more...] about 100 Women: Are rural women smashing the glass ceiling of agriculture?

Rishi Sunak has quit as Chancellor and Sajid Javid has resigned as health secretary as Boris Johnson's leadership faced a fresh crisis following the Chris Pincher scandal. Mr Sunak said "the public rightly expect government to be conducted properly, competently and seriously", adding "I believe these standards are worth fighting for and that is why I am resigning." In an incendiary letter, Mr Javid said the British people "expect integrity from their government" but voters now believed Mr Johnson's administration was neither competent nor "acting in the national interest". Mr Johnson had tonight admitted "it was a mistake" to give Mr Pincher his job as deputy chief whip and said: "I apologise for it". Mr Sunak and Mr Javid's resignations come after Downing Street was accused of lying over the Chris Pincher scandal this morning, as Lord McDonald said Mr Johnson was briefed "in person" about concerns relating to the then Foreign Office minister. The publication of the … [Read more...] about Tuesday evening UK news briefing: Rishi Sunak and Sajid Javid resign from the Cabinet

The most powerful industries shift with each generation. Whether the holy grail is the adrenaline-fuelled rush of a Wall Street trading floor or the chance to code with tech titans in hoodies, each sector will have its golden age. Many of the most ambitious people in the world will initially flock to the bright lights of the career of the moment, hoping to be a part of the moneymaking VIPs. Many will then realise that the party wasn’t all it was cracked up to be, leaving the next generation to pine for something else. As Don Draper, the protagonist of TV epic Mad Men, once said: “We’re flawed because we want so much more. We’re ruined because we get these things and wish for what we had.” In the Sixties, working in an aircraft cabin was considered one of the most glamorous and sophisticated jobs in the world - former flight attendants said it was like being a supermodel or an actress. Few would feel that way today. Even degrees that were once considered prestigious can eventually … [Read more...] about Big Tech’s hedonistic get-rich party is over, and Gen Z knows it