April 9, 2024 - Brief Briefing

Post Office victims campaigner Alan Bates has told the inquiry into the Horizon IT scandal that it was “pretty obvious” the organisation “were after...

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Alan Bates tells Post Office inquiry it was 'obvious' organisation was 'after' him

Business

Sexism ‘worse than ever’ at GMB as staff in North East threaten to strike

Four years ago a damning report sent shockwaves through the GMB, one of Britain’s biggest trade unions, when it branded the organisation “institutionally sexist”. ...

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Sexism 'worse than ever' at GMB as staff in North East threaten to strike

Politics

Labour to fund pledges through tax avoidance clampdown after Tories steal non-dom policy

Labour will pursue tax avoiders to fund its commitments on schools and the NHS after the government stole its revenue-raising plan to abolish the...

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Labour to fund pledges through tax avoidance clampdown after Tories steal non-dom policy

Business

Post Office scandal: Hero Alan Bates to give evidence as inquiry resumes

The UK Post Office Horizon Public Inquiry resumes today almost four years after it began. Public and political interest in the industrial-scale miscarriage of...

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Post Office scandal: Hero Alan Bates to give evidence as inquiry resumes

Business

Sexism ‘worse than ever’ at GMB as staff in North East threaten to strike

Four years ago a damning report sent shockwaves through the GMB, one of Britain’s biggest trade unions, when it branded the organisation “institutionally sexist”. ...

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Business

Up to £11m in water company fines will be reinvested to improve waterways, government says

Up to £11 million from water company fines will be reinvested in schemes to improve waterways and wetlands, the government has said. The Water...

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Up to £11m in water company fines will be reinvested to improve waterways, government says

Sports

Source: NCAA weighs change to transfer eligibility

Heather Dinich, ESPN Senior WriterApr 8, 2024, 08:42 PM ET Close College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of Indiana University Open Extended...

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Source: NCAA weighs change to transfer eligibility

Sports

NCAA eyes ‘consumer protection’ for NIL athletes

Myron Medcalf, ESPN Staff WriterApr 8, 2024, 09:47 PM ET Close Covers college basketball Joined ESPN.com in 2011 Graduate of Minnesota State University, Mankato...

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NCAA eyes 'consumer protection' for NIL athletes

Sports

UCF DE Celiscar says he’ll transfer to Texas A&M

Tom VanHaaren, ESPN Staff WriterApr 8, 2024, 02:17 PM ET Close ESPN staff writer Joined ESPN in 2011 Graduated from Central Michigan Open Extended...

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Sports

Cole ‘disheartened’ by discourse over arm injuries

Jorge Castillo, ESPN Staff WriterApr 8, 2024, 05:52 PM ET Close ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the Washington Wizards from 2014 to 2016 and the...

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Cole 'disheartened' by discourse over arm injuries

Sports

Astros scratch Valdez (elbow) before series finale

ESPN News Services Apr 8, 2024, 05:52 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ARLINGTON, Texas — The Houston Astros scratched All-Star left-hander Framber Valdez from...

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Astros scratch Valdez (elbow) before series finale

Sports

Ohtani focused on ‘my job’ amid MLB investigation

Associated Press Apr 8, 2024, 08:21 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MINNEAPOLIS — There’s a sideshow at every ballpark Shohei Ohtani and the Los...

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Ohtani focused on 'my job' amid MLB investigation

World

Yemen: How one of the world’s worst humanitarian disasters could get even worse

The grinding misery in Yemen just got worse. Yet while their own suffering goes on in virtual silence, they still protest in towns across...

by admin April 9, 2024

Yemen: How one of the world's worst humanitarian disasters could get even worse

Technology

Singapore tech salaries mostly fell in 2023, but these jobs saw wages jump

Young Group Of Professionals Developing Business Strategy and Providing The Business Plan Pekic | E+ | Getty Images SINGAPORE — Tech salaries in Singapore...

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