Drinks manufacturers should start charging 50 cents deposits on bottles next year, to encourage consumers to hand them in, according to government inspectors in Tuesday’s FD. The measure, the paper says, would be one way of avoiding the €250 million fine that the industry faces if it fails to meet recycling targets next year. The suggestion is contained in a confidential letter sent by the inspectors to Verpact, the agency charged with organizing recycling efforts. Large plastic bottles...
Australians with a certain kind of superannuation have seen the value of their retirements savings surge by 69 per cent since the start of the Covid pandemic four years ago.
Former McDonald's workers reunited at their old restaurant 50 years later. Some members of the "Class of 1975" now own franchises. about the McDonald's reunion, here.
Critics hail ‘half a century of momentum’ and vow to expand services to meet the growing threat from other diseases
BRADFORD COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— A 63-year-old in Bradford County is going to spend at least 15 years in prison for two dozen drug-related crimes. On Friday, the Bradford County District Attorney's Office announced that 63-year-old Leslie John Bailey, from Towanda, was sentenced to a minimum of 189 months (15.75 years) to 456 months (38 years) in []
Health workers issued 11 million sick notes, also called 'fit notes', in England last year, up 108 per cent from 5.3 million in 2015, according to Policy Exchange think-tank.
Casio watches have been a pop culture staple for decades. In 1985’s Back to the Future, Marty McFly dons a Casio CA53W black calculator watch, a nerdy and oh-so-cool icon you can still buy today. More recently, in 2023’s black comedy Saltburn, Barry Keoghan’s cunning character wears a digital stainless steel Casio—for about $45, you can channel his vibes. And don’t forget the classic G-Shock DW-5600 on Keanu Reeves’ wrist in the 1994 action-packed Speed, as he drives a bus rigged with a bomb....
The nonprofit organization looks ahead with commitments to education and preservation and seeks public input on its future goals.
Numbers continue to decline since pandemic but officials say more work still needed.
SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) - 50 Cent is bringing G Unit Film and Television Studios to Shreveport, and the city hosted a celebration to welcome him. The city held a press conference with Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson at Government Plaza on Thursday. City officials and a large crowd enthusiastically welcomed him as local marching bands played []
EYEWITNESS NEWS (WBRE/WYOU) — An Edwardsville man has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for the trafficking of fentanyl and cocaine. The United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced Friday, April 12, that Lamar Brown, 38, of Edwardsville, Luzerne County was sentenced to 14 years in prison for drug trafficking []
After an average of more than one closure a month, the latest was closing its doors for good yesterday (Wednesday, March 10)