Doubling of related street, house and farm names since 1900 gives glimpse of flower ‘ghosts’, says National TrustOver the last century orchards and blossom trees have been slipping out of the British landscape at an alarming rate but the “ghosts” of lost flowers are glimpsed in an increasing number of placenames recalling the vanished pinks and whites, researchers have found.A National Trust study has discovered that the number of street, house and farm names relating to orchards and blossom has...
A strike by Tesla mechanics in Sweden, among the country's longest labour disputes, continues to disrupt operations, a union said on Wednesday, and is drawing scrutiny from investors despite Elon Musk saying the storm is over. For months Tesla has been under pressure in the Nordics, with sympathy actions since October backing Swedish IF Metall's mechanics' demand for a collective agreement. Postal workers, garbage collectors, repair centres, port workers, electricians, and cleaners are among...
The Ohio Nurses Association announced Friday that it has filed a 10-day strike notice on behalf of nurses at Salem Regional Medical Center.
Ireland have made two changes to their side to take on England in the Women's Six Nations with Hannah O'Connor and Aoife Dalton coming in for Sam Monaghan and Enya Breen.
DOTHAN, Ala. (WDHN) — The local chapter of the Communication Workers of America could lose about 40 Brightspeed employees as they say it's an uphill battle trying to get more of a fair labor contract. The labor agreement for Brightspeed's Dothan chapter and North Alabama chapter expired one month ago. After negotiation a few weeks []
The writers, who are represented by the Writers Guild of America, East, seek new benefits and payment standards for residuals from streaming, among other protections.
Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health urges ministers to follow lead of Scotland and WalesParents in England and Northern Ireland should be banned from smacking their children because doing so is unjust, dangerous and harmful, leading doctors have urged ministers.It was “a scandal” that Scotland and Wales had outlawed smacking but not the other two home nations, the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health said on Wednesday. Continue reading
The ‘Migrant Pact, WHO Treaty and Hate Speech laws’ were said to be the motive.
Flights were cancelled and thousands left without power as heavy winds swept across the island of Ireland and parts of Wales, Scotland and western England on SaturdayDozens of flights cancelled as Storm Kathleen hits west of UK Continue reading
Babar Azam-led unit is currently taking part in a five-match T20I series
The mood around the team and the set-up had changed long before now, but
Republic of Ireland 0-2 England: Lauren James opened the scoring before Alex Greenwood netted one penalty as the visitors beat a gutsy home side