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Baggage handlers at Stansted Airport are unhappy with their rotas which they say will lead to worse pay.

London Underground (LU) has agreed a deal for engineers, electricians and managerial staff to be paid an extra £850 for working during the Olympics.

Around 80 staff at a Cambridgeshire prison walked out on Thursday morning despite being forbidden to strike.

The Lexington Building Water Tower in Tower Hamlets is one of the sites being considered to house surface-to-air missiles as part of a huge Olympics security exercise.

The Jolly Boatman site opposite Hampton Court Palace has been earmarked as a site for development. The area, which housed the former titular pub and is also on the route of the 2012 Olympic cycling road race, will be freshened up in time for the Games.

Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals Trust is shedding half its senior management posts.

Fuel tanker drivers in dispute have fast run out of time on a strike during Easter as conciliation talks continued at a secret location in London without resolution.

The Metropolitan Police said it was not taking action over a gang that climbed the Shard London landmark as no complaint had been made.

Today the Department for Education at the Sanctuary Buildings in London was the scene of protests by lecturers and teachers.

Not surprisingly for a metropolis which houses the City of London – home to the financial district where the average salary is £90,930 – the capital is the British city where workers will find the best pay.

Business Secretary Vince Cable said in a conference speech in London the government wanted to remove the “perverse incentives” preventing firms from taking on staff “for fear o

A block of toilets on the border between Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood are being transformed into a dwelling by an architect.