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The Bakers Union and MP’s are again demanding that Orchard House Food pay the workers, at their recently closed Gateshead plant, the redundancy payments they are owed before Christmas. As things stand the company, that supplies the likes of Marks and Spencer and Pret A Manger, and which is a going concern with a factory still… Read more »
The UK’s largest shooting organisation, the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC), has condemned an incident in the Yorkshire Dales where a nest of hen harrier chicks is suspected of being deliberately destroyed by human activity. North Yorkshire Police is calling for anyone with information about the incident near Whernside earlier this year to… Read more »
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By Sandamali Zbyszewski Vince Cable, Liberal Democrat finance spokesman, has been hailed the likeliest candidate to replace Alistair Darling as chancellor by British punters. Ladbrokes have slashed the odds on Mr Cable being Chancellor from 16/1 to 10/1. Spokesman Nick Weinberger said: “This is quite surprising but we think it’s because the media are talking… Read more »
David Cameron questions Gordon Brown on national insurance in the last prime minister’s questions before the general election: