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BP boss earns 170 times his average worker as his pay doubles to 10m for 2022

Bernard Looney earned around 4.5 million pounds in 2021. The boss of BP earned more than 170 times more than his average employee last year as his pay doubled to around £10 million after the company benefited from the Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine. New figures from the oil giant showed that Bernard Looney’s total pay packet increased from around £4.5 million in 2021. The company’s profit doubled between 2021 and 2022, but the increase was largely thanks to aRead More

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Robin Smith says ECB should have called an independent Yorkshire inquiry

It follows the allegations of racism made by Azeem Rafiq The England and Wales Cricket Board has been accused of a “dereliction of duty” in its handling of the Azeem Rafiq case by a former Yorkshire chairman. Robin Smith says ECB chairman Richard Thompson should have acted to halt the disciplinary proceedings and instead called an independent inquiry to look into Rafiq’s allegations of racism. The ECB charged seven individuals and Yorkshire last June, with the public part of aRead More

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Union leader says some pupils displaying challenging behaviour post Covid

Schools are facing more “challenging” behaviour from pupils who see school routines as “oppressive” following months at home during the pandemic, a headteachers’ union has said. Pupils who became used to wearing no uniforms and going to the toilet when they wanted are now “flexing their muscles”, Geoff Barton, general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL), said. It comes after the union received a number of reports about student protests – which are said to haveRead More

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Alphonse Areola wants to keep West Ham up and become France number one

Alphonse Areola has a double ambition this season, to keep West Ham in the Premier League and become France’s number one goalkeeper. Areola has been West Ham’s cup keeper for the last 18 months, but an injury to first-choice Lukasz Fabianski means he has been thrust into the relegation battle. He will line up against Aston Villa on Sunday with the Hammers just a point above the relegation zone heading into the weekend. Meanwhile, Hugo Lloris’ retirement from international dutyRead More

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Lidl and Asda begin lifting restrictions on fresh produce as shortages ease

Shoppers started seeing shortages of tomatoes around the 20th of February Supermarkets have started to drop customer limits on buying some fresh fruit and vegetables as supply issues that led to widespread shortages begin to ease. Discounted grocer Lidl is the latest to confirm it is lifting all restrictions on fruit and veg by Monday. The supermarket said it had been closely reviewing the situation but availability remained strong even amid an increase in demand. Asda confirmed it had removedRead More

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Rishi Sunak and Emmanuel Macron discuss migrant crossings in Paris meeting

The Prime Minister and the French president have met in Paris at the start of a UK-France summit as they discuss how to prevent migrants from crossing the Channel unlawfully. Rishi Sunak has set preventing the small boats from crossing the strait between England and France as one of his top five priorities ahead of the next election. They are expected to build on a deal announced in November, with the UK agreeing in the autumn to provide £63 millionRead More

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UK and France to agree to develop precision strike weapons at Paris summit

Rishi Sunak and Emmanuel Macron are expected to sign off on the UK and France collaborating to develop precision strike weapons to combat Russian aggression. As well as the deal on weapons, the two leaders are also set to agree on working more closely on training Ukrainian marines and supplying weapons to Kyiv during a UK-France summit in Paris on Friday. The Prime Minister said the West faced “unprecedented threats” and that he and his French counterpart wanted to “fortify”Read More

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Councils say pothole funding is 31 times below budget per mile for major roads

Government funding for maintaining England’s motorways and major A roads was 31 times higher per mile than for repairing local roads last year, according to new figures. The Local Government Association (LGA), which conducted the analysis, urged the Treasury to use next week’s Budget to provide more money to councils to fix their pothole-plagued roads. It said that Government-owned company National Highways spent £192,000 per mile on maintaining its network of motorways and major A roads last year. That isRead More

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Ive seen quite a few of my colleagues close to having a breakdown says GP

“I’ve seen quite a few of my colleagues close to having a breakdown,” says GP Stephen Taylor. “It’s one of the reasons I keep doing my job.” Dr Taylor used to be a partner at his practice in the north of Manchester. Now he works as a locum doctor, covering holiday and sick leave. “Over the 30 years I’ve been practising, I’ve seen a slow increase in the amount of work family doctors are expected to do,” the 57-year-old says.Read More

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