Birmingham city council doubles agency spending during bin strikes pred 13 urami in 12 minutami Unite accuses authority of trying to ‘break’ industrial action as waste dispute enters second yearUnite has accused Birmingham city council of trying to “break” the bin strikes after analysis showed the council had doubled spending on agency staff since the start of the year-long industrial action.Birmingham’s bin workers have taken part in an all-out strike since March last year over proposed pay cuts and role changes. The dispute has left residents without a fully functioning waste collection service and has led to towering waste and overflowing bins on the streets. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
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NHS rehabilitation care staff shortage fails stroke patients, say health leaders pred 14 urami in 12 minutami People receive rehab only three to four days a week in hospital – and one to two days once they are discharged, data suggestsThe NHS is failing stroke patients and limiting their chances of recovery because of a shortage of rehabilitation care staff, health leaders have said.More people are surviving strokes than ever before in the UK. But their hopes of getting better are being dashed because of a lack of physiotherapists and other specialist staff, according to the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy and the Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Neurology. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
A day in the life of Asia’s fuel crisis pred 14 urami in 12 minutami From farms in New Zealand to factories in Delhi, the affects of the oil crisis triggered by the Iran war are rippling across Asia Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Nuns who broke back into their Austrian convent ‘are step closer to being able to stay’ pred 14 urami in 12 minutami Plan for three nuns who escaped from care home last year to go to Rome thought to be positive sign of Vatican’s decisionThree nuns who escaped from a care home to return to their convent in a castle close to Salzburg where they had spent most of their lives are a step closer to being able to stay there, sources close to them say.Sisters Bernadette, Regina and Rita, who are in their early to late eighties, broke into their convent home in Elsbethen last September with the help of former pupils of the Catholic school at which they had taught and other supporters. Their case became a cause célèbre, attracting attention from around the world. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
They Re-Planned Their Wedding in 10 Days pred 14 urami in 12 minutami After cartel violence erupted in Mexico, just weeks before their wedding in Punta Mita, Lauren Futterman and Tyler Olson quickly decided to move the ceremony to California.(New York Times)
Medical emergency causes HUGE 16km traffic jam on the M1 in yet another blow for Aussie motorists travelling over Easter
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