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Hospitals charge NHS workers £500 to use staff car park while they battle Covid pandemic that has killed colleagues Epsom and St Helier NHS Trust introduced charges in a bid to ‘manage demand’ One worker said staff are ‘angry’ about move as colleagues have died in Covid Trust said that it had free parking in … Read more
Singer James Blunt has claimed taxpayers cash through the government’s Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme to furlough staff, despite being worth an estimated £14.5million. The You’re Beautiful musician, 46, is the sole director of pub business Blunt Trading Ltd, which has 25 employees. He owns the gastropub the Fox and Pheasant in Chelsea, which like all … Read more
Grenfell insulation firm boss told his staff to let concerns about their product ‘gather dust’, public inquiry hears as executives from cladding company prepare to face questions Manager who sold Grenfell cladding panels will be questioned at public inquiry Inquiry is examining how products were supplied and fitted on the London tower West London tower … Read more
Katie Price has shared a heartwarming note written by her son Harvey thanking NHS staff for giving him the Covid-19 vaccine injection on Friday. The 18-year-old suffered a reaction after taking the first of his Oxford/AstraZeneca jabs and was rushed to hospital over the weekend with a high temperature but is now back home and well. … Read more
More than 150 former staff who lost their jobs when Philip Green’s Arcadia empire collapsed are set to launch a legal battle over their redundancies. Asos last week announced its £330million takeover of stock in Topshop, Topman, Miss Selfridge and HIIT brands – but not the shops. Countless ‘disgusted’ employees were officially told they’d lost … Read more
By Faith Ridler for MailOnline A firm of London plumbers is looking at introducing a ‘no jab, no job’ policy requiring all its workers to be vaccinated against coronavirus, its founder has revealed. Charlie Mullins, of Pimlico Plumbers, says he has been talking to his lawyers about making the vaccine mandatory for all new hires within a few … Read more
Police officers allegedly jumped the queue to get coronavirus vaccinations after an appointment link meant for NHS staff was shared on Whatsapp. Up to 100 officers reportedly arrived at a vaccination centre last month after using the online link to register. Officers on duty then had to go to Millennium Point vaccination centre, in Birmingham, … Read more
Six out of seven staff at a nursery in southern England refused to get inoculated after being offered the Covid jab Six out of seven staff at a nursery offered a jab refused to accept their dose The nursery staff were mistakenly offered the jab last week – just one accepted Staff, including some from … Read more
Revealed: Hundreds of school staff get the Covid jab by mistake after messages apparently inviting teachers for vaccines are circulated on WhatsApp Hundreds of teachers, nursery workers and school staff mistakenly given jabs At least three major hospital groups in southern England vaccinated teachers The mistakes happened last week after WhatsApp messages invited them in … Read more
The Queen’s grandson Peter Phillips — who appeared in a cringe-making television advert for Chinese milk claiming, ‘This is what I drink’ — is using his nous to keep his business in the running during lockdown. For I can reveal that Princess Anne’s son has quietly taken advantage of the Government’s scheme to help businesses … Read more