Lloyds CEO Charlie Nunn latest banking boss in line for huge bonus hike pred 2 urama in 44 minutami Barclays, HSBC and NatWest shareholders already approved big pay rises after post Brexit loosening of remuneration rulesLloyds Banking Group boss, Charlie Nunn, could be in line for a maximum annual pay packet worth more than £13m, as he becomes the latest boss to benefit from the UK’s controversial decision to lift a cap on banker bonuses.The bank’s remuneration committee has begun drafting a new three-year executive pay policy that, for the first time, will take advantage of looser pay rules that have sent potential payouts soaring at rival banks. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Dartford Crossing: drivers warned over scam websites that lead to fines pred 2 urama in 44 minutami Thousands of people thought they paid the Dart Charge, but only realised when they got a penalty charge noticeYou have had a long car journey but, thankfully, remember after you get home that you have to pay the Dart Charge, the toll for driving over the Queen Elizabeth II Bridge, part of the busy Dartford Crossing over the Thames linking Essex and Kent. You quickly pay on your phone after searching for the website.A few weeks later, however, a penalty charge notice (PCN) arrives and you realise you have been duped. The site you thought you had paid the £3.50 toll through was a fraud and the money went to criminals, while you are left with a £70 fine. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Calls for SMA screening ignored before Jesy Nelson campaign, say families pred 2 urama in 44 minutami For those who have spent years trying to raise awareness, Wes Streeting’s intervention is ‘bittersweet’When former Little Mix star Jesy Nelson announced her twins had been diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy type 1 (SMA1), a rare genetic condition that causes muscle wastage, the news quickly made front page news.The call for SMA to be added to newborn screening sprang to national attention and the health secretary, Wes Streeting, was quick to respond, saying Nelson was “right to challenge and criticise how long it takes to get a diagnosis”. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
How common is violence against NHS staff in England and what is being done to stop it? pred 2 urama in 44 minutami An investigation into violence and sexual harm committed by patients shows how widespread the problem isA Guardian investigation into violence and sexual harm by patients against NHS staff has revealed tens of thousands of alleged incidents reported over the past three years. Here is what we know from the findings. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Three board members resign from Adelaide festival as Randa Abdel-Fattah sends legal notice pred 3 urami in 13 minutami Resignations follow withdrawal of more than 70 participants in writers’ week after Palestinian Australian author disinvitedGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Adelaide festival is facing an unprecedented leadership crisis after three board members resigned this weekend.The journalist Daniela Ritorto, the Adelaide businesswoman Donny Walford and the lawyer Nick Linke have stepped down since the board’s controversial decision to dump the Palestinian Australian author Randa Abdel-Fattah from the 2026 writers’ week program. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Adelaide festival did not dump Jewish columnist from 2024 program despite request from Randa Abdel-Fattah and others pred 5 urami in 35 minutami Palestinian academic rejects accusations of hypocrisy, saying board resisted attempts to remove Thomas Friedman, while cancelling her invitation this yearFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Adelaide festival board did not dump a Jewish columnist from its 2024 lineup at Adelaide writers’ week, despite being lobbied by a group of 10 academics – including Randa Abdel-Fattah – to do so.On Saturday South Australia’s premier, Peter Malinauskas, claimed that the board had dumped the New York Times pro-Israel columnist Thomas Friedman in 2024, and reiterated his support for the festival board’s decision on Thursday to remove Abdel-Fattah, a Palestinian Australian academic, from this year’s program. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
‘We’ve got your back’: Australian PM visits bushfire-ravaged towns as 300 structures destroyed and 350,000 hectares burned pred 6 urami in 47 minutami Fifteen emergency warnings remain in place across Victoria, with state premier warning: ‘We are not through the worst of this by a long way’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralian authorities are assessing the damage after one of the worst heatwaves in years resulted in bushfires igniting across the country’s south-east, with hundreds of homes and structures lost, thousands of hectares burned and entire towns evacuated.A state of disaster remained in place across much of Victoria on Sunday as thousands of firefighters and emergency service workers continued to battle blazes that were “expected to rage “for weeks”. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Myanmar junta holds second phase of election widely decried as a ‘sham exercise’ pred 8 urami in 40 minutami UN and many western countries as well as human rights groups say that in the absence of a meaningful opposition the election is neither free, fair nor credibleVoters in war-torn Myanmar queued up on Sunday to cast their ballots in the second stage of a military-run election, following low turnout in the initial round of polls that have been widely criticised as a tool to formalise junta rule.Myanmar has been ravaged by conflict since the military ousted a civilian government in a 2021 coup and detained its leader, Nobel peace prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi, sparking a civil war that has engulfed large parts of the impoverished nation of 51 million people. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Bob Weir, co-founder of rock group the Grateful Dead, dies at age 78 pred 8 urami in 43 minutami Rhythm guitarist helped guide the legendary jam band through decades of change and successVeteran rock musician Bob Weir, the Grateful Dead’s rhythm guitarist who helped guide the legendary jam band through decades of change and success, has died at age 78, according to a statement posted to his verified Instagram account on Friday.He was diagnosed with cancer in July and “succumbed to underlying lung issues” surrounded by loved ones, the statement said. It did not mention when or where he died. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
US protests condemn ICE killing of Renee Good and ‘a regime that is willing to kill its own citizens’ pred 9 urami in 19 minutami In Philadelphia, protesters demanded ICE leave US communities and Trump end warmongering in VenezuelaOn a rainy Saturday in Philadelphia, two separate protests, both with a few hundred people, marched from city hall to the federal detention center. They differed slightly in solutions as well as crowd makeup – white older adults dominated the morning’s march organized by the groups behind the No Kings protests, while a more racially diverse crowd swathed in keffiyehs and N95 face masks led the afternoon’s, planned by the local Democratic Socialists of America chapter. However, both groups shared a goal: for ICE to get out of American communities and to put an end to Donald Trump’s warmongering in Venezuela.“From Venezuela to Minneapolis, all we’re seeing is a regime that is scrambling, willing to kill its own citizens, willing to kill foreign citizens, to maintain its power,” said Deborah Rose Hinchey, co-chair of the city’s Democratic Socialists of America chapter. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
