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Final five members of Bali Nine released from jail and back in Australia, PM announces
UK retailers accused of recruiting young shop workers without rights over Christmas
Unions have accused high-street retailers of drafting in young gig economy store assistants without basic employment rights in the run-up to Christmas.
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has found large brands, including Urban Outfitters, Lush, Gymshark and Uniqlo, are recruiting “freelance” shop assistants through gig apps to staff their stores during the …Why the Franco-German engine that powered the EU is now almost kaput
“When France and Germany advance, all Europe advances. When they don’t, it grinds to a halt” was how former French president Jacques Chirac put it almost a quarter of a century ago at one of the periodic love-ins between the EU’s two biggest member states.
So what would Chirac, who …
Deportations reach five-year high despite concerns of rights groups
The government has announced that it has deported almost 13,500 people since coming to power, something ministers say proves their tough approach towards migrants but which human rights campaigners have warned could put lives at risk.
The government says it is on track to deliver the highest number of returns …
Ben Elton: ‘I fancied Olivia Newton-John. It’s alright to say that about a third cousin, right?’
Of all the things you’ve written, what gets quoted at you the most?
It’d be something from my three series of Blackadder [2-4]. That’s the one that really entered the culture. I think the thing I’m proudest of is how both Young Ones and Blackadder genuinely seeped into …
Metro mayors to control rail services under unprecedented England devolution plans
Mayors of big cities and regions across England will be able to take control of rail services for the first time so they can tailor them to their areas’ economic needs, under devolution plans to be announced by ministers on Monday.
A white paper to be unveiled by the deputy …
Leicester pile on points and pain on depleted Sharks
This had all the ingredients for a cracking festive fixture in the Champions Cup. A Sharks team studded with World Cup winners would arrive at the fortress of Welford Road and face Michael Cheika’s resurgent Leicester with a precious pool stage win on the line.
Only one problem. Already severely …
At least five dead as migrant boat capsizes in Greek waters
A mammoth rescue operation was launched in Greece on Saturday to locate dozens of migrants reported missing after their boat capsized en route from Libya to Crete.
Nearly 12 hours after combat Aegean Hawk naval helicopters were first dispatched to the site of the shipwreck, 12.5 nautical miles south-west of …
Two more cases of bird flu in humans reported in California
Advice ignored by ministers could have blocked Prince Andrew ‘spy’
Ministers failed to act on advice to tighten security laws that could have prevented an alleged Chinese spy from targeting Prince Andrew, a former attorney general has said.
Dominic Grieve, a former Tory MP who chaired the Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) until 2019, said ministers were advised five years …