Four in five zero-hours workers want regular hours, new research shows
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteNew research indicates that the majority of workers on zero-hours contracts are eager for regular hours, with a TUC survey of nearly…
Police find 12 people in back of lorry after ‘terrified’ 999 call
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA man in the back of a lorry with just 1% battery left on his phone tells a 999 operator “we are…
Mpox outbreaks in Africa could be ended in 6 months, WHO chief says
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe head of the World Health Organization believes the ongoing mpox outbreaks in Africa might be stopped in the next six months,…
Net spend on temporary accommodation for homelessness up by 42% in a year
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteSpending by councils in England on temporary accommodation for homelessness has soared by more than 40% in a year, as charities branded it…
UN demands justice for 'brutal' abuses committed by Libyan militia
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe United Nations said it has documented numerous human rights violations in the Libyan city of Tarhuna, where it alleged that the…
UNFPA laments as Nigeria fails to meet family planning commitments
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThough the availability of Family Planning (FP) commodities is a key deliverable to achieving Nigeria’s FP target of 27% MCPR by 2030,…
10% of cardiovascular deaths in Nigeria attributed to high salt intake
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteDr Salma Anas-Kolo Ibrahim, Special Adviser to the President on Health, has called for urgent action to address the growing issue of…
Funeral of refugee activist Viraj Mendis to draw mourners from all over Europe
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteRefugees and human rights activists are making their way to Bremen in north-west Germany for the funeral of a man who fought…
Authorities move to evict Park Lane rough sleepers who set up tent city just yards from The Dorchester and Marble Arch
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteAuthorities are moving to evict a ‘tent city’ of rough sleepers in one of London‘s poshest neighbourhoods located just yards from The Dorchester…
Trapped Thai tunnel workers found dead after five-day rescue operation
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteAll the foreign nationals trapped in a tunnel that collapsed at a high-speed rail construction site in Thailand have been found dead, after five days of rescue…