PUBLISHED: 15:31 18 April 2019 Nathalie Raffray OperationShutdown campaigners blocked Westminster Bridge calling for action on knife crime Archant Bereaved parents from Brent were among hundreds of anti-knife crime campaigners who gathered in Downing Street to call for action over rising violence. Tracey and Brooke Hanson with Quamari's father Paul Barnes on Westminster Bridge as part of the OperationShutdown demonstrationThe parents of Josh Hanson and Quamari Serunkuma Barnes joined #OperationShutdown campaigners to demand that the government's Cobra committee tackle the surge in rising crime.They marched to Downing Street then onto Westminster Bridge which they blocked for an hour yesterday afternoon.The group had 15 demands including calls for an independent investigation into school exclusions, better rehabilitation of prisoners to stop them going on to kill, and for full jail terms to be served for murder and manslaughter.Tracey Hanson, mother of … [Read more...] about Parents of Brent knife crime victims join #OperationShutdown protest calling for government action
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Banks suffering major IT shutdowns ‘every day’, Which? reveals
News / Business by Press Association 04/03/2019, 7:37 am Send us a story Sign up to our Daily newsletter Banks and building societies are being hit by more than one IT or security failure that potentially stops customers making payments every day, a Which? Money investigation has found. The consumer champion found there were 302 incidents that potentially prevented customers from making payments in the last nine months of 2018. It said the findings were made by looking at websites and speaking to banks directly in some cases. It argued the findings highlight the need for a single regulator to be given the statutory duty to protect access to cash and build a sustainable cash infrastructure for the UK, as a “vital back-up” while digital banking is vulnerable to failure. Since April last year, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has required banks to inform it of operational or security incident which prevents customers from using payment … [Read more...] about Banks suffering major IT shutdowns ‘every day’, Which? reveals
Governments v social media
Technology By Reality Check team BBC News 7 February 2019 Share this with Facebook Share this with Messenger Share this with Twitter Share this with Email Share this with Facebook Share this with WhatsApp Share this with Messenger Share this with Twitter Share Share this with These are external links and will open in a new window Email Share this with Email Facebook Share this with Facebook Messenger Share this with Messenger Messenger Share this with Messenger Twitter Share this with Twitter Pinterest Share this with Pinterest WhatsApp Share this with WhatsApp LinkedIn Share this with LinkedIn Copy this link https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-47135058 Read more about sharing. These are external links and will open in a new window Close share panel Related TopicsReality Check The government is considering ways to regulate social media … [Read more...] about Governments v social media
Thursday briefing: Trump puts State of the Union address on hold
Top story: US shutdown gets personal as Pelosi blocks Sotu Good morning briefers. I’m Martin Farrer and these are the stories you need to keep yourself informed this morning. Donald Trump says he will delay giving his State of the Union address until the US government shutdown is over as his personal standoff with Nancy Pelosi over federal funding for a border wall worsened. The Democrat House speaker told the president earlier on Wednesday that she would block him from delivering the speech scheduled for next Tuesday in the traditional surrounds of the House chamber until the government reopened. Trump later used Twitter to deny that he was considering alternative venues such as the Oval Office for the address, and would instead wait because no venue “can compete with the history, tradition and importance” of the House chamber. The longest shutdown in US history has now dragged on into its second month. The partial shutdown affects about 25% of the federal government … [Read more...] about Thursday briefing: Trump puts State of the Union address on hold
Revealed: Condom supplier to NHS and British high street accused of ‘shameful’ working conditions
Mahesh Thapa has a look of desperation in his eyes. The young Nepali father travelled more than 2,000 miles from Kathmandu to work at the world’s largest condom-making company in Malaysia, sacrificing a life at home with his two young children to pay for their food and education. He had hoped his job at a factory supplying condoms to the NHS and major high street brands including Tesco, Bootsand Superdrug would secure his family’s future. But now almost two thirds of the way through his three-year contract at the Karex Innolatex factory in Port Klang, near Kuala Lumpur, Mr Thapa is worried that they cannot survive on his 91p an hour basic salary. On the verge of tears, he told the Telegraph his overtime had dried up, leaving him struggling to support his mother, wife and children. He earns just £190 a month despite working eight hours a day, six days a week. “I have a family, and I have to eat and survive here. Without overtime I can’t support them. What … [Read more...] about Revealed: Condom supplier to NHS and British high street accused of ‘shameful’ working conditions