Vigilante librarians threaten woman who built book ‘swap box’ outside her home during lockdown

A book lover who built a ‘swap box’ outside her home in lockdown has been trolled by librarians – claiming the idea is leading to closures and job losses. Book shop worker, Olivia Clements, 23, installed the hand-made wooden unit to help her community in Bristol through the difficult days of the pandemic. She found … Read more

UK weather: Nordic blizzards threaten to bring roads and rails to a standstill

Parts of Britain could be brought to a standstill by blizzards over the next five days as forecasters warned ‘significant’ falls of snow up to 3ft 4in (100cm) deep could cripple transport in the worst-affected areas. Much of northern England and Scotland are under weather warnings for snow and ice until at least the end … Read more

MEPs threaten ‘TRADE WAR’ with UK over vaccine supplies

Tensions between the EU and UK over vaccines escalated again today as MEPs threatened ‘trade war’ and the bloc demanded AstraZeneca drops its ‘first come first served’ principle to divert Britain’s supplies.  European politicians warned the ‘consequences’ of refusing to divert stocks of the UK-made jabs to the bloc would be a ban on exports … Read more

Welsh police ‘threaten to fine’ customers going to a farm shop to buy their milk

Welsh police threatened to fine customers who went to a farm shop to buy their milk, telling them they should get it from a supermarket instead.  Officers turned people away from a milk vending machine set up in Berthengam, near Holywell in Flintshire, Wales, after a dairy farm noticed supermarkets struggled to meet the demand for … Read more

Fresh woe for students as university staff threaten strike action over ‘unsafe’ in-person teaching

Fresh woe for students as university staff threaten strike action if they are asked to resume ‘unsafe’ in-person teaching this academic year University and College Union warned of action if in-person teaching resumes Members already balloted at Northumbria and Birmingham City universities Under current lockdown rules students are not permitted to return to campuses  By … Read more

Fishermen threaten to dump rotten seafood in Downing Street unless PM sorts Brexit export delays

Furious fishermen threaten to dump rotting seafood in Downing Street unless Boris Johnson sorts out delays to exports since Brexit UK seafood exporters have faced a ‘perfect storm’ of problems since January 1 IT problems, bureaucracy and confusion have all played a part in trade hold-ups Reports made about shellfish rotting in ports meaning they … Read more

Manchester students threaten ‘rent strike’ after being told to pay up to £3,000 for accommodation

University students in Manchester have threatened a rent strike after being told to pay up to £3,000 for accommodation even though they cannot return to campus during lockdown. Like students elsewhere in the country, thousands of Manchester students face being stuck at home while being forced to continue paying for university accommodation, even though halls … Read more

Global subsidence to threaten a FIFTH of world’s population by 2040

FIFTH of the world’s population will be affected by sinking land by 2040 due to human and natural removal of groundwater, model predicts Researchers led from Spain created a new model of global subsidence risks The phenomenon could come to threaten 635 million people within two decades Most of the populations at greater risk are in … Read more

More farming to feed world’s growing population will threaten thousands of species with extinction

More farming to feed world’s growing population will threaten thousands of species with extinction unless we eat less meat, study claims More than 20,000 species will lose part of their current habitats a study found  The animals that are set to suffer include elephants, lions, zebras and baboons Projected mean habitat losses were greatest in … Read more

British Gas workers vote to strike in pay and conditions dispute, threaten festive season walk out

British Gas workers vote for strike action in dispute over pay and conditions threatening walk out by engineers over festive season The GMB union said members backed industrial action by almost 9 to 1 British Gas parent company Centrica said the action did not have a strong mandate as only 52 per cent of eligible … Read more