Workers on rapid delivery service see pay slashed as company’s profits skyrocket Drivers delivering groceries for Ocado are earning less than the minimum wage, the Observer can reveal. The drivers, who deliver orders for the online retailer’s rapid delivery service, Ocado Zoom, were previously guaranteed an hourly wage of £14. […]
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Cross-border gunfire earlier on Saturday seriously injured an Israeli soldier and wounded 41 Palestinians Israeli aircraft struck Hamas sites in Gaza late on Saturday, the military said, in an escalation of hostilities after earlier cross-border gunfire seriously injured an Israeli soldier and wounded 41 Palestinians, including two critically. The injuries […]
Peer at odds with Priti Patel over climate activists on eve of more protests A government extremism adviser has admitted during a private meeting that it is wrong to label Extinction Rebellion (XR) supporters as “extreme”, despite the home secretary, Priti Patel, condemning the group as “criminals” who threaten the […]
Police watchdog investigates why Jake Davison was put on a rehabilitation scheme and had weapon returned The Plymouth gunman was not charged or cautioned after he carried out a vicious assault in a city park last year, but instead was allowed to take part in a four-month rehabilitation scheme, it […]
Study paper says England’s progress to final ‘generated a significant risk to public health across the UK’ Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage More than 9,000 Covid infections were linked to Euro 2020 football games monitored for the government’s mass events test scheme, and scientists have said […]
New curriculum will give teachers flexibility to explore topics such as relationships and hatred of women Teachers can help counteract the rise of the “incel” movement and the dangers of misogyny with school lessons on respect for women and healthy relationships, ministers believe. A government source said that Gavin Williamson, […]
Fighters tortured Hazara men to death, say witnesses, and relative of journalist killed Evidence of Taliban killings, detentions and intimidation is emerging across Afghanistan, ominously contradicting the hardline Islamist group’s promise earlier this week not to take revenge against its opponents. With reports of the Taliban going door to door […]
• French readout of call with Biden included phrase • Macron said of Afghan allies: ‘We cannot abandon them’ The White House’s readout of a call between Joe Biden and Emmanuel Macron on the crisis in Afghanistan leaves out an impassioned plea from the French president that the US and […]
Trump officials tried to convince him to take threat seriously and British experts ‘oddly pessimistic’ on defeating virus, says book US officials thought their British counterparts “were out of their minds” in aiming for herd immunity as part of Boris Johnson’s initial policy on dealing with the coronavirus, according to […]
Dramatic downsizing of plans for huge customs clearance facility celebrated as ‘real result’ Controversial plans for an enormous Brexit customs clearance park in Dover with a capacity for 1,200 trucks have been dramatically downsized in a major victory for local opponents. Devastated homeowners have spent seven months fighting the plans, […]