Job vacancies in the UK hit a new 5-year low, says report
Job vacancies in the UK have fallen to under 700,000, the lowest point in five years, as competition for jobs become increasingly harder.
London
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor accused of using taxpayers' money to buy "massage services"
Ex-civil servants claim Mountbatten-Windsor used taxpayers' money to pay for “massage services” and “excessive travel costs” while he was the UK’s trade envoy.
London, News, Politics, UK, Uncategorized
MOPAC staff to strike over 2% pay award
Workers at the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime will walk out for three days after union members backed industrial action, arguing the 2% rise amounts to a real-terms pay cut.
Health, London, News, Uncategorized
Measles outbreak in north London infects dozens of children as vaccination rates fall
Cases reported in several schools and nurseries in north London amid concern over low levels of MMR vaccinations.
Zen Bus brings wellbeing to east London schools
The scheme focuses on supporting both pupils and teachers by providing practical wellbeing tools
Police on the Hunt for Armed, Masked Robbers
The police are looking for two masked men who carried out a daylight smash-and-grab robbery in Richmond, smashing their way into a jewellery shop before fleeing with high-value items.
Suffolk Strangler Pleads Guilty
The serial killer changed his plea moments before trial, admitting the kidnap and murder of 17-year-old Victoria Hall more than 25 years after she disappeared.
Almost a fifth of teachers have witnessed a student with a blade or knife in school, survey finds
According to the School polling firm Teacher Tapp 1/5 of teachers have witnessed a student with a blade or knife in School.
More Britons than ever are expected to reach 100 as life expectancy rises
The ONS predicts more than one in 10 boys and one in six girls born in 2023 will live to 100.
Grenfell Tower to be demolished, government confirms
The government's plans come eight years after 72 people were killed in a fire in the building